Unfortunately, some users who like to snoop are also admins. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Lutgens [mailto:blutgens at sistina.com] > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:11 AM > To: tclug > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] mail clients > > > On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 06:59, Jay Kline wrote: > > For privacy reasons, I dont want to keep the mail on my server any > > longer > > than possible. There are people who like to snoop... :-( > > Then those people don't need access to the server. You could > chroot those users, and restrict them with a menu interface > if they absolutely need shell like access. > > > > > I am on the Charter Pipeline cable modem now (sucks), so I have a > > dynamic IP > > and cannot run my own. > > > > I have other biases also. > > > > The main question was is there a console based mail client that can > > read the > > same local format as Kmail. It sounds like mutt will, so I > will give that a > > try. > > > > Jay > > > > On Sunday 02 December 2001 10:39 pm, you wrote: > > > Why is storing the mail on the server an undesirable > trait? Can you > > > set up your own system with IMAP running? > > > > > > Joseph > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jay Kline" <list at slushpupie.com> > > > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:37 AM > > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] mail clients > > > > > > > The only problem with IMAP is the mail is stored on the server, > > > > which at > > > > > > the > > > > > > > moment is an undesirable trait. I get the same basic > > > > functionality by > > > > > > having > > > > > > > several POP accounts. > > > > > > > > On Thursday 29 November 2001 10:17 am, you wrote: > > > > > On your mail server, or the machine you read your mail from, > > > > > setup > > > > > > imaps. > > > > > > > > mkdir ~/mail. Use fetchmail to get mail from other > servers. Use > > > > > procmail > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > sort your mail into folders under ~/mail. Configure imap mail > > > > > clients to use ~/mail as your folder prefix. > > > > > > > > > > At anyrate, kmail seems to use mbox format. So you > could use any > > > > > imap client or pine or whatever to access kmail's folders. I > > > > > perfer just > > > > > > using > > > > > > > > IMAP so I can switch mail clients on a whim and not > worry about > > > > > losing mail. :) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > > > > > Minnesota > > > > > > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > -- > > Jay Kline > > list at slushpupie.com > > http://www.slushpupie.com > > -- > > Q: What do you call the money you pay to the government when > > you ride into the country on the back of an elephant? > > A: A howdah duty. > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > -- > Ben Lutgens > Sistina Software Inc. > Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream >