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

On 5/7/22 23:24, Paul Procacci wrote:
> 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.


Thank you for the reply.  That sounds like what I was thinking, but I 
wanted to check for alternatives.


David