Subject: Re: mail
To: Christopher Brown <chrsbrwn@mindspring.com>
From: Guy Santiglia <fredfl2@guy.chonju21.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/17/1999 10:45:39
  Thanks, I took a look at that in the pkgsrc and will give imap-uw a 
try.

   Guy
> 
> I would recommend installing /usr/pkgsrc/mail/imap-uw . This is the imap
> server from the University of Washington. It is notable because it
> provides both imap and pop3 in one package. It also integrates cleanly
> with netbsd, in that it uses your default username and password, and
> shares your default unix mailbox (as well as any mail folders you might
> have in your home directory). So it's basically plug and play.
> 
> A word of caution: if your machine is connected 24x7 (ie you have a
> cable modem, or some other direct connection to the internet) I would
> highly recommend using /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny to restrict
> which hosts can connect to your imap server. There are several well
> known bugs (in older versions of the uw imap server) that can give a
> remote user access to your system. Even if you are using the latest and
> greatest, stable version, people will still try. I regularly show at
> least 4 or 5 refused connections a month to my imap port in the logs.
> The current one in pkgsrc is probably not vulnerable, but better safe
> than sorry, I say.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Brown -- Macintosh networking/Web development
> <chrsbrwn@mindspring.com> <http://www.mindspring.com/~chrsbrwn>
> 

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Guy Santiglia  Quadra 610, 50 MHZ, NetBSD 1.4!
South Korea
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