Re: [evolution-patches] [PATCH] IMAP preauth and subcommand connection.

[Ettore Perazzoli <ettore ximian com>]

On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 07:29, Not Zed wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 04:51, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 13:05, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > > It's possible to get at an IMAP server by 'ssh $MAILHOST imapd', and in
> > > fact some servers that's the _only_ way to get at them... 
> > 
> > Is this actually a common setup?
> 
> Its common enough that it should be supported.  Almost all imapd's can
> be run in 'shell mode' like this.

The fact that imapd can be run this way doesn't necessarily mean it's a
common setup.  How do people who run other mail clients (besides pine)
do it?

Also, do we really need to be able to specify an arbitrary command to
start the connection?

If we are going to have something like this, it should probably be in an
advanced tab and just have a "use SSH to connect" checkbox or something
like that.  Otherwise you are cluttering the UI with cryptic settings
that most users don't understand.

Also, it should work properly even if you don't have ssh-agent set up,
otherwise things get confusing.

-- Ettore