To reply to my own message, I've also added CRAM-MD5 authentication to
the IMAP code (also supported by, at least, UW-IMAP). This does not
require any security infrastructure, so it may be more convenient for
many of you. Find it and instructions at the web page:
http://www.kublai.com/~brendan/mutt/
On Friday, 25 June 1999 at 09:53, Brendan Cully wrote:
> If you're running kerberos V and your mail server supports it (UW-IMAP
> does), you could try my GSS authentication patch for mutt, which I just
> wrote last weekend. It works well for me.
>
> If anyone's interested in it, ask me. I'll set up a web page...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian D. Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, 24 June, 1999 23:37
> Subject: Re: secure tunnel and IMAP
>
>
> > On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 11:11:19PM -0400, Adam Lazur wrote:
> > > I've looked at still attempting to move my email over to imap, and am
> > > a little weary of sending my password over the internet in
> > > plaintext. Is there a method currently available in mutt to setup a
> > > secure tunnel (via ssh) to the imapd before I open an imap mailbox?
> >
> > I have the following in a script:
> >
> > ssh -f -L 4143:imapserver:143 sshhost 'sleep 5 </dev/null >/dev/null'
> > mutt $*
> >
> > The server is then referred to as {localhost:4143}. This is not
> > ideal, but it gets the job done. I would love to hear if someone has
> > come up with something better.
> >
> > Brian
> >
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