Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 01:16:11 -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: <40fbd5bd-e00f-63b0-5608-5655a05327f9@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <875ymga6d0.fsf@penguin> References: <fbaa4f57-4485-7a88-ca71-c42f5900aceb@holgerdanske.com> <875ymga6d0.fsf@penguin>
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On 5/7/22 23:25, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> writes: >> I would like to read mail for the root account on [a FreeBSD 12.3-R] >> computer by using an e-mail client, IMAP, and TLS (Thunderbird) on >> another LAN computer. > How about ~/.forward ? > > #+begin_src text (example so plz ignore...) > root@penguin:~# cat ~/.forward > soyeomul+postmaster@gmail.com > root@penguin:~# > #+end_src > > Then you do connect to imap.gmail.com (IMAP). Thank you for the reply. Rather than forward(5), I will likely use aliases(5); as this use-case involves system mail and will be permanent. Even if gmail.com, holgerdanske.com, and other Internet MSA's/ MTA's accept mail from an unknown host behind a residential Internet connection (which I doubt), uploading local mail to an Internet server and then downloading it to a local client both wastes bandwidth and discloses the mail to external entities. I prefer to keep my system mail confidential and on my LAN. David
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