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Subject: Re: Web Oriented Mail Clients
From: Phil Cox <pcc @ llnl . gov>
Organization: CIAC
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 16:43:50 -0700
To: Alan <alan @ ctrl-alt-del . com>
Cc: Dick_Wall @ stratus . com, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
References: <Pine . LNX . 3 . 95 . 970804083052 . 22640B-100000 @ www . ctrl-alt-del . com>

Alan wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 2 Aug 1997 Dick_Wall @
 stratus .
 com wrote:
> 
> >   The question is ...
> >
> >   I'm getting approached by various groups in my company, that want to

> >   Is there a secure means for providing such email access?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 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.

-- 
-Phil

Philip Cox                            | Voice : (510)422-8564
Computer Incident Advisory Capability | E-Mail: pcc @
 llnl .
 gov
Lawrence Livermore National Labs      | WWW   : http://ciac.llnl.gov


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