Re: gmail and gnus

[Gernot Hassenpflug <gernot@nict.go.jp>]

Joel Reicher <joel@panacea.null.org> writes:

> Bill White <billw@mchsi.com> writes:
>
>> On Sun Apr 29 2007 at 21:19, Joel Reicher <joel@panacea.null.org> wrote:
>> 
>> > You might be better off finding alternative storage. Note that an
>> > IMAP server does not need to be a mail server.
>> 
>> Hmm... this sounds interesting.  Can you recommend anyone?

Oh, I just learnt something! Great hint.

> Sorry, no. My point about the machine not needing to be a mail server
> was a hint that you could set up your own, which is what I would do if
> I had access to backed up free storage (such as at a workplace). You
> could configure the IMAP server to listen on an unprivileged port so
> you wouldn't even need root.

Wonderful.

> Default deny firewalls notwithstanding, of course.

My institution has forms to apply for SSH logins so that one can
access one's machine from the outside via the institution's SSH
server/SOCKS proxy setup.

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