A mail client as a unix shell? How to make it safe? Is there a free web mail solution?

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From: MetaBork
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 00:00

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	Hi,
	
	I'm setting up a Linux box to handle a few dozen mail accounts.
I'm going to use IMAP since most of the users will be travelling around the
world, and want to be able to access their mail wherever they are.

	It would be *nice* if they could access it without configuring a
mail client, though. One possibility is through a web-based interface? Does
that exist in the "free" world?[1]

	Since it seems that the answer is "no" so far (or "not good
enough"), I'm considering setting up a limited shell for accessing a
text-base mail client, such a pine or mutt.

	Security is an issue, so I'm wondering if it's possible to use a
customized login shell that would put the user in a chroot jail, and fire up
the mail client automagically? Any advices?

==
[1] Note to Netscape: I would have gladly used your mail server -- but you
don't do Linux! Idiots ...
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From: nico@metabork.ml.org (MetaBork)
Subject: A mail client as a unix shell? How to make it safe? Is there a free web mail solution?
Date: 1998/03/27
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