Just my 2cents, I'm fetching emails via "fecthmail" thru SSH so yes you
need OpenSSH installed in client and server side to have a secure channel.
HTH
On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 10:30:44PM -0400, Bro. Len Budney wrote:
> "Louis Theran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Len Budney) writes:
> > [ using SSH forwarding to tunnel POP3 ]
> > > That's a dandy idea. However, once you do that it's not POP3 anymore.
> >
> > Nonsense. What exactly would you call the protocol running inside the
> > tunnel if not POP3?
>
> Um, the protocol INSIDE the tunnel is POP3. But the protocol YOU MENTIONED
> is POP3+SSH. In particular, it cannot be implemented using standard POP3
> clients from machines which don't have SSH installed. Which, please note,
> is what the original poster asked for.
>
> Len.
>
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