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Subject: Re: Web Oriented Mail Clients
From: Alan <alan @ ctrl-alt-del . com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 16:52:53 -0700 (PDT)
To: Phil Cox <pcc @ llnl . gov>
Cc: Dick_Wall @ stratus . com, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <33E66936 . 1500290E @ llnl . gov>

On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Phil Cox wrote:

> > Tell them to spend the $20/month and get an off-site e-mail account at a
> > local ISP.  Then forward their mail to that account.
> 
> NO, don't do this, unless you want all your internal company mail
> flowing cleartext across the internet. One solution, depending on your
> client platform, is ssh & pop. With more specifics, it would be easier
> to suggest a possible solution.

Good point.  I just have a problem with silly management requests...

Most management types are using MS OS "solutions", so they are going to
have a difficult time using SSH, unless it is set up for them.  (And they
are willing to spend the bucks for it.)  I don't like launching it on the
server, as it seems like it just opens another hole on the server...

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