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Date:      Sat, 8 Jul 2000 14:43:00 -0700
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To:        Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
Cc:        freebsd-freebsd@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ssh from FreeBSD laptop to view mail
Message-ID:  <20000708144300.D183@dialin-client.earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <m2r994l5em.fsf@reader.ptw.com>; from reader@newsguy.com on Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 01:43:13PM -0700
References:  <m2r994l5em.fsf@reader.ptw.com>

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[This is not really a -mobile question. Redirecting to -questions.]

On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 01:43:13PM -0700, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Running a Toshiba 4005CDS with FreeBSD 4.0 snap 06/24
> 
> I have ssh-1.2.27 installed and use it extensively.  In fact I've set
> my machines (personal at home machines) to only allow connections via
> ssh.

OpenSSH is part of the base system of FreeBSD 4.0. No need to install
the ssh-1.2.27 port.

> Now I want to have a laptop running FreeBSD 4.0 networked to desktop
> running Redhat linux, be able to  view/manipulate mail on the parent machine
> but don't want to  setup pop, imap or  special sendmail stuff.

[snip]

> What would be nice is to just say `mutt' and a ssh connection is
> started and mail in PARENT:/var/spool/mail/$NAME is viewed, deleted
> saved etc.
> 
> I have ssh-agent setup and do understand how to avoid password
> problems during connections.

Why don't you just connect to the other machine and run mutt?

  % ssh redhat
  Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Hedwig)
  Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i586

  % mutt

Or do that in one step,

  % ssh redhat mutt

-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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