Re: Gnus Access mail spool by ssh

[Nuutti Kotivuori <nuutti.kotivuori@sonera.com>]

"Kai" == Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> writes:
> On 11 Jul 2000, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> On Jul 11, 2000, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> But can fetchmail be used to fetch a spool
>>> file from a remote machine not running a special server?
>> 
>> Yup, as long as you can run the imapd program on the other end.
>> Then, you write a script that `ssh' to the other end and runs imapd
>> and tells fetchmail to use it as a plugin with preauth ssh.
> 
> I think Harry does not want to run a food on the other end, not even
> an imapd :-)
> 
> But of course it would be the best situation.  Setting up a POP server
> ought to be simple enough, for example.

Err. He won't be forced to run imapd as a daemon listening to an imap
port. Just as a program to access mail. To clear things up:

_Not_:
$ telnet mail.host.foo imap2
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to oro.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK mail.host.foo IMAP4rev1 v12.264 server ready

_But_:
$ ssh mail.host.foo
mail$ /usr/sbin/imapd
* PREAUTH mail.host.foo IMAP4rev1 v12.264 server ready

Most imap servers are able to run from the command line and notice the
situation and start up preauthenticated. And this is what can be used
by fetchmail and the plugin option - and if nnimap does not support
this, it would be nice.

-- Naked