Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 23:59:46 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing root mail messages from another LAN host via IMAP Message-ID: <56d545c7-d6ad-12e4-8449-e8fed5ba65af@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFbbPuhrF8dsq5wT9F4jkRZ6tPwabSpKeKtR8UOFnU5m4DcSpA@mail.gmail.com> References: <fbaa4f57-4485-7a88-ca71-c42f5900aceb@holgerdanske.com> <CAFbbPuhrF8dsq5wT9F4jkRZ6tPwabSpKeKtR8UOFnU5m4DcSpA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/7/22 23:24, Paul Procacci wrote: > Use dovecot (or similar) > > https://www.dovecot.org/ > > I'd also suggest forwarding the root mail to a real system user. > This is so that the dovecot process doesn't have to fiddle with your mail > as the root user. > It's a simple security precaution. Thank you for the reply. That sounds like what I was thinking, but I wanted to check for alternatives. David
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