[Gllug] Evolution won't fetch my mail (Help)

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 23:16, Nix wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Aug 2002, Tethys stated:
> > 
> > Nix writes:
> >>This does *not* make me more willing to use it :(
> > 
> > Agreed. There are other reasons, too, though. I'm concerned about
> > Ximian's approach to security ("just download this file from the
> > net and pipe it into a root shell"),
> 
> Um, do we know who came up with that idea? If they're not involved
> with Evolution we can feel a bit safer ;)

While I agree that that made me distinctly uncomfortable when I first
saw it, it's in some ways no worse than installing an RPM as root. A
Ximian provided RPM could easily contain a postinst script that could do
absolutely anything, and they're all installed as root. Admittedly,
they're less open to poison DNS attacks and suchlike.
 
> >                                       The ability to read my mail
> > by sshing into my home machine from an internet cafe while in Canada
> > was something I wouldn't want to give up. So to that end, I'm using
> > MH.

If you use IMAP, the point becomes moot. I use SquirrelMail, Mozilla,
Evolution, and mutt to read my mail, depending where I'm sitting, and
what's easily accessible.

Mike.


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