From: Dave <gnu.org@niwas.net>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Gnus on the web?
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 01:02:39 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56C82BAF.5020205@niwas.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <upzcy4afygej.fsf@dod.no>
On 02/19/2016 11:44 PM, Steinar Bang wrote:
> After a firewall policy change at work, I am without access to Gmane at
> work. I can't even SSH out to run Gnus on a different machine.
>
> But HTTP and HTTPS are open, and web browsers can be used to surf the
> internet.
>
> I have been pondering to install some webmail solution on my mail
> server, but:
> 1. All of the webmails I have tried have had a user interface I don't
> like (and also unfamiliar)
> 2. Existing webmail systems won't give me NNTP access to Gmane
>
> So: would it be possible to create a web service that could run Gnus in
> a web browser?
MindTerm might help:
https://www.cryptzone.com/products/secure-access/mindterm
That'll give you a terminal in a web browser.
Or why not just put your sshd on port 80 or 443? Then you can just ssh in.
> The user experience could be similar to what I get from ssh or mosh.
> That would be good enough just to check my email, and check for
> responses to Gmane group postings.
>
> (On the other hand... maybe a slight disconnection from the net will do
> me good...)
>
Once ya' get the shakes, y'll be back!
> - Steinar
/D
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-20 9:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-20 7:44 Steinar Bang
2016-02-20 8:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-20 10:50 ` Michael Albinus
2016-02-20 16:00 ` David Engster
2016-02-20 17:51 ` Steinar Bang
2016-03-05 22:13 ` Bjørn Mork
2016-02-20 9:02 ` Dave [this message]
2016-03-05 22:08 ` Bjørn Mork
2016-02-20 12:55 ` Jens Lechtenboerger
2016-02-21 17:24 ` Tassilo Horn
2016-03-05 22:04 ` Bjørn Mork
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