Ian Laurie wrote:
> Am I correct in thinking you cannot retrieve root's email
> remotely from a Linux box using pop3 or imap, even when APOP > authentication is active?
> > It would make sense I suppose, my pop3 server works for
> all users except root.
> On most current systems, root can't even get email, it gets redirected to another user. What mail server and pop server are you using?
The standard imap package supplied.
However I am not redirecting root in my /etc/aliases file (in fact by default root is not redirected, so I don't really agree with your statement).
I am referring to remote collection via a POP3 or IMAP server, not having a client retrieve from the system spool file (which naturally works fine).
Of course, a byproduct of POP/IMAP not allowing root access is that you also can't get email for root via POP/IMAP even locally, but that issue
doesn't arise because invariably your client just fetches from the spool
file, bypassing the POP/IMAP server.
I guess what I am really trying to confirm, is "Does IMAP/POP disallow collection of root email?"
Ian
