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

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 14:12, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> > > 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.

Sounds a bit messy.  I thought ssh used to pop its own x dialogue box up
for a passphrase if it had no tty or something 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.

Well what hack do you have setup at present?

Given the way the imap code is structured, it seems like a bit of a
change to implement.