[mythtv-users] Need for a real forum?

[Shane Hetzel]

If the only port you want to open is 22, then there's always pine....

-Shane


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1 at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Need for a real forum?


> On Thursday 11 December 2003 06:55, Jean-Rene Cormier wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 16:15, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 10 December 2003 14:44, Jean-Rene Cormier wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 15:13, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday 10 December 2003 13:49, Graham Siener wrote:
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > I've been a myth user for about 4 months now, and I'm very
> > > > > > satisfied and impressed with MythTV.  Lately I've been trying
> > > > > > to delve deeper by using MythMusic and MythGame, etc.  I know
> > > > > > that a mailing list was the decided form of communication,
> > > > > > but would anyone else out there prefer a real online forum?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm perfectly willing (and mostly able) to host such a site,
> > > > > > and I think it would be a much more productive affair
> > > > > > considering how popular MythTV is getting these days.  I
> > > > > > often use
> > > > > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Users_F11/
> > > > > > instead of the mailing list, as it is much easier to read and
> > > > > > search.
> > > > >
> > > > > Really?  I find it much easier & faster to search my mailbox. 
> > > > > But you're right in that it would be nice not to have to keep
> > > > > old messages around, not to mention having mailboxes scattered
> > > > > around on different computers (work, home...).  Just now I
> > > > > searched my mailbox for a message I *knew* I read in the last
> > > > > couple of days, and couldn't find it.  After about 5 minutes of
> > > > > searching I realized that I'd downloaded the message on my home
> > > > > computer, so I ssh-VNC'd over there, and voila! there it was. 
> > > > > A PITA, though.
> > > >
> > > > You should look into IMAP and maybe a webmail client to check
> > > > your mail when you're not home. I check my mail from about 4
> > > > different computers and I have all my mail accessible from each
> > > > of them. And if I'm on someone else's computer, I can use the
> > > > webmail.
> > > >
> > > > Jean-Rene Cormier
> > >
> > > That would be nice if I had control over my mail server.  Comcast
> > > doesn't give me a choice -- POP3 only.  They have a webmail
> > > interface, but I *hate* webmail.  I only use it when I'm on a
> > > 'temporary' computer.  I use a real mail client on my 2 main PCs:
> > > work & home.
> >
> > Like some people said, setup your computer at home with Postfix,
> > Courier-IMAP, Fetchmail and SquirrelMail and store your mail there.
> > From what you said, it's always online since you ssh-VNC on it from
> > work. This way you'll have full control on your mail server so you
> > can setup filters the way you want, I have a mailbox for each mailing
> > list I'm in and it works great. Also no ISP is gonna give you 1Gb+
> > mailboxes ;)
> >
> > Jean-Rene Cormier
> 
> 
> Whew!  I certainly didn't expect such a deluge of replies!  Thanks to 
> everyone who replied.
> 
> FWIW, I have considered setting myself up with a Fetchmail/IMAP solution 
> in the past.  Several things have stopped me:
> 
> (1) I just haven't had the time to really fuss with it much
> 
> (2) Mail accesibility -- once fetchmail grabs my mail off of the 
> Comcast's POP3 server, it's gone (well, I could tell it not to delete 
> the mail, but what with all the MythTV traffic, my Comcast mailbox 
> would then fill up pretty quick).  So, I would lose the ability to 
> check my mail from any computer via webmail in an emergency.  "Aha!" 
> you say, "you could just..." which brings me to...
> 
> (3) Yes, I know I could run my own webmail & IMAP servers on my 
> semi-static Comcast IP.  However, I prefer not to have any ports open 
> on my firewall other than 1 port for SSH.  This is a fine solution as 
> long as I have access to a *nix box (Linux, Unix or Mac OS X).  
> However, most WIndows boxes that I might encounter "in the wild" don't 
> have an SSH client available to do tunneling or at least give me a 
> shell.
> 
> If anyone can give me a clue (off-list, please... this thread is getting 
> really O-T) as to how I could set up a system where my POP3 mail 
> wouldn't be fetched until queried my IMAP server, that would be great.  
> Then, if I was away from my computer(s), the mail wouldn't be 
> auto-fetched, and so would be available on Comcast's webmail interface 
> in a pinch.  I don't care about keeping old mail on their server, but I 
> always want my unread/new mail available via a vanilla web browser.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> JAC
> 
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