On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 01:05:42PM +0100, Matt Parker wrote: [snip] Helpful replies, thanks.
Especially since you want to access IMAP from anywhere, at least do it over a secure connection (ssh or ssl) so that you don't broadcast your password and email messages in the clear.
I have IMAP over SSH too. It seems to be the most secure set-up.
The only issue I see with IMAP over SSH is that there is a certain amount of 'customisation' required at the client end isn't there? I.e. it would be rather difficult/inconvenient to use from someone else's computer or an internet cafe. Or am I missing something?
Presumably IMAP/SSL is a bit more 'out of the box' and many freely available IMAP clients can do IMAP/SSL without too much hassle.
It may be that I will provide 'world' accessibility to the IMAP server via an intermediary webmail service, e.g. Horde can use IMAP and I can host the Horde software on my 'out there' web site. On the other hand on personally owned computers IMAP can be configured for direct access to the server.