Re: [Evolution] Alternate ports for POP

[Peter Kropf <peter verecomm com>]

In that case, I eagerly await the release of version 0.5.  Thanks!


Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> This is done for 0.5, you can specify any port you want.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Wed, 06 Sep 2000, Peter Kropf wrote:
> > > From home I regularly connect to the network at work by using
> > ssh to get through the firewall. And to provide some security.
> > To get email, I typically use ssh's -L option to specify a
> > forwarded IP port for the popmail server. So the command looks
> > something like:
> >
> >   ssh -L 5110:popmail_host:110 firewall_host
> >
> > And then in Netscape I specify the mail host as localhost:5110.
> > I'm then able to read my work email from home. Yea!
> >
> > I'd like to move away from Netscape as my email reader since
> > it's not all that good. And one of the obvious alternatives is
> > Evolution. Having followed the mailing list for a while, it
> > looks like Evolution is good enough for someone like me to
> > begin working with it.
> >
> > However, I haven't been able to figure out how to specify an
> > alternative port for the popmail server in Evolution. Can anyone
> > out there help? Or suggest any alternatives?
> >
> > Thanks!

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