[wplug] telnet for email

Jason Sopko jason at sopko.net
Tue Jun 17 10:33:50 EDT 2003


begin  Mike Griffin wrote:
> Am I the only person that uses telnet to send and receive their email 
> out of the office, or away from home?

It's easier to connect to a server somewhere via ssh and 
install/configure mutt for your mailboxes. It's rather silly to telnet 
to pop3/imap to retrieve messages and then telnet again to smtp to 
send/reply to messages. Not to mention that you're doing everything in 
clear text instead of using ssh/mutt which will allow you to do things 
in a more secure fashion.

///Jason




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