From nobody Sun May 8 06:59:46 2022 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E28F01ABE714 for ; Sun, 8 May 2022 06:59:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "holgerdanske.com", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4KwwCn1pkNz3l2r for ; Sun, 8 May 2022 06:59:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=holgerdanske.com; s=nov-20210719-112354; t=1651993187; bh=Nx+8013k+N4w4kbvmMZu7aioaGRYD9Qi9zN3wkQlIIE=; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:User-Agent:Subject: Content-Language:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=UV8k+bWDMy6j5Aj48U+t8TTp4KFeqKVZye+U4yJ5ukf+YKvm0mD7d/qogR7fu5tvN gwT+89ro6xLBVEnCqz3aLKU3TqII6PJ/8LPQFhdrYMG+SclqYFMBQD29GrDtFO8Eyq 21YMJPpyZwtklkDCNdcpTP4R4TB4eP7ZsbPsyA/yv+zdgZlUiJhzTl2+wbOxn1wGEe ZrnKOCGc+MUb9qpbQOQL1lCDZyjDEe5vbhyfqLyBD6Maz7t+UOoI1H6HjVzLrcCms5 00wBHeK5eeNmJiMWFP6Q7E11AJ+cCevtxgrcpFWUOFJ2syHPqJbsQM+xx/eNqVAkX6 QOWuu3JTnT+bxp4Ukqphnob8YM9uVsROJkH9x1TI3UuRlFdRGAeIFol11OkJwOjv5u v5r9ccDSQvLI/NIBVuY0l1zySabJll9oE3XTryGLHZPqPr1isMPAh099KUuxosWwYY GK0jFvqQzQ/a05dBgAXCfUnfaLhwMxylYyV3zHAwsjL8I2WThWFNXYY1ThiqpSY1et WS7qF9Wpg1yMI4DDEzvQnk79rJOtzJIP6uS3zGMMAzIYTqhIU2+NFxLUjuEauAx6yi Gam4crqAyDj96+RNEDMK4/s3z3YE1gKWp0WFl3mKYQC5qjXcoPpB4rXadnujTjpi1X Wp6WGb8o23umsQ9N0j3cTI80= Received: from 99.100.19.101 (99-100-19-101.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net [99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLSv1.3:Kx=any:Au=any:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Sat, 7 May 2022 23:59:47 -0700 Message-ID: <56d545c7-d6ad-12e4-8449-e8fed5ba65af@holgerdanske.com> Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 23:59:46 -0700 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.8.0 Subject: Re: Accessing root mail messages from another LAN host via IMAP Content-Language: en-US To: questions@freebsd.org References: From: David Christensen In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4KwwCn1pkNz3l2r X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=holgerdanske.com header.s=nov-20210719-112354 header.b=UV8k+bWD; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=holgerdanske.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com designates 2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dpchrist@holgerdanske.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.66 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[holgerdanske.com:s=nov-20210719-112354]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:november.he.net]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[holgerdanske.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[holgerdanske.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.66)[-0.656]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N 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