From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 18 16:06:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA04272 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:06:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nwalme.pair.com (nwalme.pair.com [209.68.1.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA04221 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:05:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dima@nwalme.pair.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by nwalme.pair.com (8.9.0/8.6.12) id TAA23367; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:05:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199806182305.TAA23367@nwalme.pair.com> X-Envelope-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: giving root pop3 access To: brendan@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net (Brendan Kosowski) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:05:35 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Brendan Kosowski at "Jun 18, 98 01:09:44 pm" From: Dima Dorfman X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > How do I give root pop3 access ( ie. how do I access root's mailbox via > pop3 ) ??? You will need to recompile QPopper. That will do it, however, it is a very bad idea to use root for e-mail, or as your regular account. root's e-mail should be forwared to another account on the system. > > > Thanks & Regards, Brendan > > > P.S. - I understand the security risk. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) UNIX *IS* user friendly, it's just picky about its friends FreeBSD Rules! Micro$oft Sucks! http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message