Re: fetching mail securely

From: Bodo Eggert (7eggert_at_fsmtpd.7eggert.dyndns.org)
Date: 06/25/04

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    Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:35:00 +0200

    Ja Fool <jafool@shaw.ca> wrote:

    > 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?)

    If you can do port forwarding, you can forward any local port to
    localhost:110 on the remote system, so you can fetch your mail from
    localhost:theportyouselected.

    I'm using fetchmail to do this automatically from a system where no other
    user can interfere. I never tried what would happen if the port I selected
    were in use by another user. 

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