On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 okh-linux@post.cybercity.dk wrote:
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, S.T.Ryder wrote:
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, S.Toms wrote:
I have two questions, one is for my personal benefit the other is for a system I'm setting up for work. The first is, what in your opinions is the best way to make a linux box running pine and a windows box running whatever to share the same mail folders for particular users? My guess would be imap, but I'm wondering what others may think.
Assuming you are using Linux as the mail server, and it is protected by a firewall, Pine has a nice pop3 server built in.
I am sure it does not have that. Why would Pine (a mail client) have a server built in.
It does.. I'm using it :)
I do not know anything about imap, except it seems like a security risk.
What makes IMAP be a security risk, that is not also making POP3 a risk? Both protocols use cleartext logins. As long as that port is only open to local machines, I can't see the problem.
True. See above where I mentioned behind a firewall. Also, I said I did not know anything about IMAP. However I constantly get probed on port 143. I don't want to take chances.. just my opinion.
Be careful with the settings in Netscapes mail thingy!! Turn OFF the flag that deletes the mail on the server when it downloads it. Otherwise, all the users mail will disappear from (be sucked off) the Linux box when you are setting it up and testing it.
This is set by default in Netscape, so look out for it. This may be what you want, but be aware of it. You cannot read the mail from the mail server box if you have previously deleted it. Don't laugh.. I did it, and then spent a while figuring out where my mail went :)
This is exactly why IMAP is the correct choice in this situation. With IMAP, the mail is by default kept on the server, but it can be read and deleted from any IMAP client (like Netscape).
How would you delete specific mails from the server if you are running POP3 without doing it at the server?
You set a flag in Netscape.. It deletes it.. honest :) I do it all the time. If you set a flag in Outlook Express it will do the same thing. And once the mail is downloaded to a particular machine, you cannot read it from a another machine. Regards, -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq