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j@ida.interface-business.de writes:
> Hi,
> 
> setting up a customer's machine, i thought it might be a good idea to
> provide them with exmh, as opposed to one of the text-based MUAs i
> prefer for myself.
> 
> Well, i'm logged in via ssh, so i'm using ssh's X11 proxying/
> forwarding.  emxh doesn't seem to like this very much:
> 
> BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization); command ig
 -nored
> 
> Can anybody tell me what's the way out?  (I'm not convinced the X
> server is really insecure, but ssh's proxy inherits all the xhost
> settings of the server it's acting on behalf of.)
> 

this is a tk thing. I get around it by always making tk with TK_NO_SECURITY
(or something like that). Try looking at the tk man pages, maybe you'll
find a hint.

> Also, the exmh 2 port from the 2.2.2 CD constantly whines:
> 
> {couldn't execute "folders": no such file or directory}
> 

there should be a /usr/local/lib/exmh<version>/folders.tcl file. Maybe
it's missing ? Mine's not executable but it still works.

> Should i revert to the version 1.something?  (I don't wanna spend too
> much energy into this minor issue.)
> 

I'm running exmh-2.0zeta and it works just fine for me.

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