From nobody Sun May 8 13:34:24 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-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 C02511ABB5F7 for ; Sun, 8 May 2022 13:35:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from mailout.qeng-ho.org (mailout.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.244]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Kx4zr4NfDz4sYm for ; Sun, 8 May 2022 13:35:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from [172.23.1.2] (arthur.home.qeng-ho.org [172.23.1.2]) by mailout.qeng-ho.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A16091548; Sun, 8 May 2022 14:34:24 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 14:34:24 +0100 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; FreeBSD amd64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.6.1 Subject: Re: Accessing root mail messages from another LAN host via IMAP Content-Language: en-GB To: David Christensen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Arthur Chance In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Kx4zr4NfDz4sYm X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@qeng-ho.org designates 217.155.128.244 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@qeng-ho.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.93 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:217.155.128.240/29]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.77)[-0.773]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[qeng-ho.org]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.14)[0.138]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13037, ipnet:217.155.0.0/16, country:GB]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 08/05/2022 07:05, David Christensen wrote: > freebsd-questions: > > I have a SOHO network with a FreeBSD computer: > > 2022-05-07 22:28:10 toor@f3 ~ > # freebsd-version ; uname -a > 12.3-RELEASE-p5 > FreeBSD f3.tracy.holgerdanske.com 12.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD > 12.3-RELEASE-p5 GENERIC  amd64 > > > I would like to read mail for the root account on the above computer by > using an e-mail client, IMAP, and TLS (Thunderbird) on another LAN > computer. > > How do I accomplish this goal?  Are there any tutorials available on the > WWW? Do you actually need/want the root mail to be stored on the originating machine? I have a variety of servers on my home network and they all forward all mail to a central machine using dma(1). -- All network cabling aspires to the condition of macramé.