external client using IMAP to access mail server

[Cole Tuininga]

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 07:36 -0800, Dave Peters wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am looking for any suggestion about external mail
> client using IMAP to access mail server. 
> Here is what I think about this: In order to allow
> external client using IMAP to access mail server. I'll
> setup a proxy mail server between Firewall and
> Internal Mail Server, so mail client can access from
> firewall open port IMAP and point to proxy mail server
> then forward to real mail server.
> Which Proxy Mail Server should I use? Fetchmail or
> SquirrelMail, sendmail, qmail or any others?

Why not just punch imap-ssl through your firewall to the mail server?

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Cole Tuininga <colet at code-energy.com>