Using imap over ssh with mutt

[Bradley Marshall <bmarshal@PIsoftware.com>]

Hi,

I've just setup stallman to allow port forwarded imap
connections over ssh.  This is useful for any IMAP enabled mail
clients.  To start up the port forward, use something like this:

  $ ssh -L 1143:stallman.pisoftware.com:143 \
               stallman.pisoftware.com

In another terminal, start up your IMAP mail client, pointing
to localhost:1143 (or whatever port you are using in the
port forward).  Mutt requires something like the following in
your .muttrc.

  set folder={localhost:1143}mail/
  set spoolfile={localhost:1143}mail/Inbox

This should ask you for your username and password when you
start up mutt.

Other IMAP clients are left as an exercise for the reader.

Thanks,
Brad
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