Idea: telnet / ssh access - Page 2

Jeremy Howard · 6 Apr 2002, 08:48 AM

You don't have to pay the $1 at http://www.cyberspace.org/ . They block some ports, so you'll need to use imap.proxy.fastmail.fm on an unblocked port to use their system.

Trip · 6 Apr 2002, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kirill

Who said Runbox has IMAP? I said that I'm using IMAP, yes. I didn't say I was using Runbox. I don't use Runbox. I'm my own email provider

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Kirill

LOL! That's classic...roflmao.

Leave it to Kirill to design, administer, and represent RB here, but NOT use it himself, lol! Oh well...you guys can take that in any direction you want...

Tripper

kirill · 6 Apr 2002, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Trip

LOL! That's classic...roflmao. Leave it to Kirill to design, administer, and represent RB here, but NOT use it himself, lol! Oh well...you guys can take that in any direction you want...

Tripper

Nothing beats mutt as en email client. I have a bunch of @runbox.com addresses, but everything gets forwarded to One Central Place [TM] and gets sorted there.

Besides, web-interface for composing/reading/managing messages is too slow. No matter how fast net connection you have.

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Kirill

Jeremy Howard · 6 Apr 2002, 09:19 AM

Mutt (like Pine) is only useful if you have a permanent internet connection. It doesn't support disconnected mode like Mulberry, Outlook Express, Mozilla, etc., so you can't use it while not connected to the Internet.

kirill · 6 Apr 2002, 09:34 AM

I was using mutt even when I was on a dialup connection (== until summer 2001).

Of course I didn't run it on my home machine - I logged in to the server when the mail was stored.

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Kirill

ppetru · 6 Apr 2002, 07:23 PM

I asked about the shell access before I signed up, and Jeremy said it's not popular enough + you can get an account at freeshell.

I'm still interested in a well-maintained, secure (I'm most interested in one-time passwords for those times when you log in from an untrusted terminal) shell box for reading email, though, and freeshell/cyberspace don't cut it for me. I was going to set up something for myself, but if more people are interested then maybe it would make more sense if I'll build it as a public service, so if you're interested please drop me a line at ppetru@ppetru.net.

Jeremy Howard · 7 Apr 2002, 04:59 AM

I'm interested in helping out in a personal capacity. Let me know if you proceed.

dsteele · 9 Apr 2002, 10:43 AM

I took the advice and now have an account on: otaku.freeshell.org

Freeshell is running Pine 4.33
I can connect to my mail on fastmail fine at:
{www.fastmail.fm/user=USERID}inbox

when I try to use SSL ie.
{www.fastmail.fm/user=USERID/ssl}inbox

I get an error..."[self signed certificate in certificate chain: /C=ZA /SR=Western Cape ..." "Can't establish SSL connection"

Any suggestions? Thanks!

ppetru · 9 Apr 2002, 04:08 PM

Here's a message I sent to webmaster@fastmail.fm a month ago:

My Pine kept complaining about a self-signed certificate (not the
"hostname mismatch" thing, I'm using www.fastmail.fm as the IMAP server).
Eventually, I figured out that this is because it doesn't have Thawte's
root certificate to validate against (I guess something's wrong with my
SSL instalation, or something like that). I got the root certificate from
here:

http://www.openssl.org/source/cvs/ex...1&sortbydate=0

then I put it where Pine was looking for it (/usr/lib/ssl/cert.pem in my
case, usually it's something like /usr/local/ssl/cert I think) and now it
works.

Just thought you may be interested in adding this to your Pine setup page,
in case someone else runs into the same problem.

9 Apr 2002, 10:43 AM	#23
dsteele Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 13	Problems with SSL Imap from freeshell I took the advice and now have an account on: otaku.freeshell.org Freeshell is running Pine 4.33 I can connect to my mail on fastmail fine at: {www.fastmail.fm/user=USERID}inbox when I try to use SSL ie. {www.fastmail.fm/user=USERID/ssl}inbox I get an error..."[self signed certificate in certificate chain: /C=ZA /SR=Western Cape ..." "Can't establish SSL connection" Any suggestions? Thanks!

6 Apr 2002, 08:48 AM	#16
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	You don't have to pay the $1 at http://www.cyberspace.org/ . They block some ports, so you'll need to use imap.proxy.fastmail.fm on an unblocked port to use their system.

6 Apr 2002, 09:19 AM	#19
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	Mutt (like Pine) is only useful if you have a permanent internet connection. It doesn't support disconnected mode like Mulberry, Outlook Express, Mozilla, etc., so you can't use it while not connected to the Internet.

6 Apr 2002, 09:34 AM	#20
kirill Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 879	I was using mutt even when I was on a dialup connection (== until summer 2001). Of course I didn't run it on my home machine - I logged in to the server when the mail was stored. -- Kirill

6 Apr 2002, 07:23 PM	#21
ppetru Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brasov, Romania Posts: 25	I asked about the shell access before I signed up, and Jeremy said it's not popular enough + you can get an account at freeshell. I'm still interested in a well-maintained, secure (I'm most interested in one-time passwords for those times when you log in from an untrusted terminal) shell box for reading email, though, and freeshell/cyberspace don't cut it for me. I was going to set up something for myself, but if more people are interested then maybe it would make more sense if I'll build it as a public service, so if you're interested please drop me a line at ppetru@ppetru.net.

7 Apr 2002, 04:59 AM	#22
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	I'm interested in helping out in a personal capacity. Let me know if you proceed.

9 Apr 2002, 04:08 PM	#24
ppetru Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brasov, Romania Posts: 25	Here's a message I sent to webmaster@fastmail.fm a month ago: My Pine kept complaining about a self-signed certificate (not the "hostname mismatch" thing, I'm using www.fastmail.fm as the IMAP server). Eventually, I figured out that this is because it doesn't have Thawte's root certificate to validate against (I guess something's wrong with my SSL instalation, or something like that). I got the root certificate from here: http://www.openssl.org/source/cvs/ex...1&sortbydate=0 then I put it where Pine was looking for it (/usr/lib/ssl/cert.pem in my case, usually it's something like /usr/local/ssl/cert I think) and now it works. Just thought you may be interested in adding this to your Pine setup page, in case someone else runs into the same problem.