On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:06:51 +0100 (CET) Gerhard Wiesinger lists@wiesinger.com wrote:
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Timo Sirainen wrote:
On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 13:54 +0100, Gerhard Wiesinger wrote:
But I don't think that locking works well. In pine I get the following error messages: Unexpected changes to folder (try restarting)
Why do you let Pine use the mbox files directly instead of going through IMAP? That'll probably give you faster mailbox opening times as well.
Yes, in theory a good idea. But i don't want to enter a password again when I want to access my mailbox when I'm logged in through ssh.
Is there a secure possibility through imap with pine without entering a password on the local host?
Pine can have a password file, although AFAIK its functionality isn't included in the default build process. It works fine.
When you have unpacked the source, edit pine-x.xx/pine/osdep/os-lnx.h and add the last line:
#define DEBUGFILE ".pine-debug" #define PASSFILE ".pine.pwd"
... recompile, install and perhaps touch ~/.pine.pwd, if that's still required. When you start Pine, it will first ask the imap password as usually, but then it will save it in that file, protected by weak encryption.
I think you can also specify this option on the build command line instead of a manual edit, but you'll have to check google for that.
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Regards,
Wouter
PS: Make sure to install the most recent version, older versions contain several security bugs.