[sork] Forwards and security

[Eric Rostetter]

Quoting Markus Boettger <markus.boettger at rrz.uni-hamburg.de>:

> Hello,
> we are not able to set up imp/forwards on our mailserver. Because of
> this we need to transfer the .forward files in a secure way.

If anyone comes up with a good way to do this, please let me know.

> Is there a possibility to use scp, sftp or anything like this to avoid
> the transfer of clear passwords?

Two things come to mind:

1) Use something like stunnel to encrypt your ftp session (at least the
command channel where the username/password goes)

2) Use something like the expect script driver in the passwd module to
move the files around for forwards/vacation.

> Thanks,
> Markus

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Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

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