From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/14526 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Riley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: my vs maildir Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:44:48 +0100 Organization: aich tea tea pea dicky riley dot net Message-ID: References: <87aajmrkgb.fsf@towardsfreedom.com> <87wrmpnfvm.fsf@towardsfreedom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294065624 32512 80.91.229.12 (3 Jan 2011 14:40:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:40:24 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 03 15:40:16 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PZla4-00051E-5r for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:40:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51088 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PZla3-0005wW-EO for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:40:15 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.183.18.158 Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1294062288 4345 85.183.18.158 (3 Jan 2011 13:44:48 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 13:44:48 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:85263 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:14526 Archived-At: Philipp Haselwarter writes: > On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:10:30 +0100, Richard Riley > said: > > ---8<---[snipped 28 lines]---8<--- > > RR> other machines can talk to it (if you want) e.g your dev machine on > RR> the desk could have the router routing imap to it so you can read > RR> your email from anywhere in the word. > > Just another open port, another socket you're blasting your passwords > through. If you set up dovecot properly to use imaps, I guess you > should Its encrypted. Not an issue. And using different ports is nothing more than a placebo against any serious hacker. You either trust these services or you dont. I do. Risk v Gain etc. > be good. But I think the shell method is preferable to plain auth. For > you LAN: wrap ssh around the dovecot command. > > That being said - I also still run dovecot as server: for > offlineimap. Dno if offlineimap could do without a server, guess I'll > have to take a look. > > Anyone? I cant think of a single valid reason to not run it as a server tbh.