On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 10:59:13 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > > > Does Sylpheed do IMAP over SSH yet? > > > > Typo? Or do you really mean SSH? > > Because IMAP over SSL is supported for a long time. > > No, I mean SSH. SSH uses keys from ssh-agent and doesn't want to store > my password for itself. SSH does compression. SSH lets me in to machines > which don't have a public-facing IMAP dæmon. For that matter, SSH lets > me in to machines which don't even have a public IP address, because it > can be configured with a 'ProxyCommand' for certain hosts -- so for > hosts in '*.baythorne.internal' it knows it shouldn't try a DNS lookup > and direct connection; instead it should run "ssh > baythorne.infradead.org exec netcat $host $port" > > Evolution, just like pine, mutt, etc., can get at its IMAP folders by > running "ssh -C mail.baythorne.internal exec /usr/sbin/imapd". Can > Sylpheed? I don't see such a configuration otion, and hence I doubt this can be done. Has this ever been a requested feature enhancement? Does the Sylpheed author know about this?
