Secure IMAP

Craig White wrote:
>
> Nathan England wrote:
> >
> > Well for now I'm using a compressed ssh tunnel
> >
> > ssh -C -f xxx.xxx 143:xxx.xxx:143 sleep 32400
> >
> > so that it runs the entire 9 hours I'm at work.
> > As for version numbers, the server is Slackware 7.1 using imap WU
> > IMAP4rev1
> >
> > and the laptop is using Slackware 8 IMAP4rev1 also WU.
> >
> > openssl is installed on both machines.
> >
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> is it possible that imaps isn't enabled on the 'mailhost'?
>
> xinetd or inetd - is imaps active?
>
> does firewall (if used) allow port 143?
>
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duh - imaps is port 993

Craig