Re: fetching mail securely
phn_at_icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Date: 06/25/04
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:32:45 +0000 (UTC)
Ja Fool <jafool@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have an email account where I recieve sensitive information which I
> would like to keep private. I'm using GPG. Please excuse my ignorance,
> I am an almost non-technical person (I have tried my best to google
> this and searched through documentation.)
> The mail server offers two ways to read mail: (1) ssh login with pine
> as the only mail client. (2) pop3. I have a very limited shell account
> on the server, just a text based UI with very few options. I cant
> execute any command except lynx, pico, and pine.
> My question is what is the easiest way to get mail to my machine
> without using pop3 (the password is sent as plain text and can be
> easily captured with a sniffer, right?) and without having to manually
> login via ssh (a script?)
> I want to be able to read the mail on my home system (linux),
> encrypting and
> decrypting the email messages, with replies seeming to come from the
> mail server. I dont want (1) anyone to be able to read the messages
> (2) anyone to be able to sniff my password.
> Hopefully I posed this question clear enough.
The simplest way is to set up sendmail in your home linux system, have
it registered ( in order to be address from your mailserver) , and forward
all mail to your linux host for local processing.
This might be simple or it might be complicated, depending on things like
"using static-ip", "NAT or no NAT" etc.
The end result is thar you can use any mailtool you like on your Linux,
or use imap to interface a wintendo-box.
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> J.Fool <JaFool@shaw.ca>
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Peter Håkanson
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