Re: Accessing root mail messages from another LAN host via IMAP

Use dovecot (or similar)

https://www.dovecot.org/

I'd also suggest forwarding the root mail to a real system user.
This is so that the dovecot process doesn't have to fiddle with your mail
as the root user.
It's a simple security precaution.

~Paul

On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 2:07 AM David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
wrote:

> freebsd-questions:
>
> I have a SOHO network with a FreeBSD computer:
>
> 2022-05-07 22:28:10 toor@f3 ~
> # freebsd-version ; uname -a
> 12.3-RELEASE-p5
> FreeBSD f3.tracy.holgerdanske.com 12.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD
> 12.3-RELEASE-p5 GENERIC  amd64
>
>
> I would like to read mail for the root account on the above computer by
> using an e-mail client, IMAP, and TLS (Thunderbird) on another LAN
> computer.
>
>
> How do I accomplish this goal?  Are there any tutorials available on the
> WWW?
>
>
> TIA,
>
> David
>
>

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