Re: [Evolution] imap over ssh (not tunnel)

[Timo Sirainen <tss iki fi>]

> > ssh user host imap 2>~/imap.log
> > With a nice GUI dialog asking the password.
>
> And how do you pass the password to ssh?  Normally it opens your tty and
> asks it directly doesn't it?

Yeah, that's a problem. I guess you'd have to create a new tty for it (which
I have no experience with). Or expect-script could work too.

> It doesn't seem a particularly useful way to run imap for most people.

Not for those that would be running imap server anyway, but for some
accounts that I use I'd much rather just install imap binary than leave a
server listening and getting exploited.