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Index: xdocs/site/newbie.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-site2/xdocs/site/newbie.xml,v retrieving revision 1.7 diff -u -r1.7 newbie.xml --- xdocs/site/newbie.xml 8 Oct 2003 01:44:30 -0000 1.7 +++ xdocs/site/newbie.xml 22 Nov 2003 22:18:46 -0000 @@ -54,7 +54,26 @@ <section name="How do I setup my email account?" href="email"> <p> - You can use SSH and Pine or put a .forward file in your user directory [:FIXME: Need a brief howto here] to send the mail to another account. + You can use ssh and Pine, put a .forward file in your user directory to forward your mail to another account, + or use ssh tunnelling to send/receive mail using a mail client. + </p> + + <p> + One way to create a .forward file is to use ssh to login to cvs.apache.org and then execute the following commands: + <pre> + vi .forward + i your_normal_email + ESC :x + </pre> + </p> + + <p> + To set up an ssh tunnel for both sending and receiving, run the following from your local + machine (may require root access): + <pre><code>ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -L X:locahost:110 -L Y:localhost:25</code></pre> + where <code>X</code> and <code>Y</code> are available local port numbers. Then configure your mail client + to use <code>localhost:X</code> + to receive and <code>localhost:Y</code> to send. </p> </section>
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