Re: mutt, IMAP and ssh
On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 08:36:03PM -0500, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 05:51:01AM EST, Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
>
> > Hello Chris,
> >
> > a hint from a posting on this mailing list (I don't remember who wrote
> > that):
> >
> > * On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 09:21:39AM +0000 Chris Green wrote:
> >
> > > So, what wierd incantations do I need to get a connection from mutt to
> > > the remote IMAP server using ssh? The IMAP daemon on the remote
> > > system is /usr/bin/imapd.
> >
> > set tunnel="ssh -q HOST /usr/sbin/imapd"
>
> BTW - If you're going to use IMAP with Mutt, I strongly recommend using
> my imapproxy [1] tunnel, as it will keep you from losing your connection
> if you suspend Mutt for too long (which can be as little as 15 minutes,
> depending on how far along Mutt's timer is when you suspend it), say
> while you're in your editor composing an email and get sidetracked by
> something, or if you suspend Mutt for some reason, etc.
>
What exactly do you mean by 'suspend'?
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Chris Green (chris@xxxxxxxxxxx)