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Marc Baaden | 10 Dec 2003 15:05
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Web interface to MH folders ?


Hi,

as a regular nmh/exmh user, I currently deplore the possibility to
handle my mail while I am out of town and do not have access to ssh/telnet
to check mail via the command line.

IN these cases a Web-interface for mh would be great.

Does this exist already ?
Or can existing solutions be adapted for mh-folders ?

The main options I require are scan-listings for folders, delete and reply.

Thanks in advance,

  Marc Baaden

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J C Lawrence | 10 Dec 2003 15:54
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Re: Web interface to MH folders ?

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:05:35 +0100 
Marc Baaden <baaden <at> smplinux.de> wrote:

> IN these cases a Web-interface for mh would be great.

UW-imap can read MH folders, tho it doesn't maintain sequence files
properly.  Drop any of the IMAP web front ends in front of that...

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Peter Gutierrez | 10 Dec 2003 16:48
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Re: Web interface to MH folders ?

baaden <at> smplinux.de wrote:
> as a regular nmh/exmh user, I currently deplore the possibility to
> handle my mail while I am out of town and do not have access to ssh/
> telnet to check mail via the command line.

> IN these cases a Web-interface for mh would be great.

> Does this exist already ? Or can existing solutions be adapted for
> mh-folders ?

> The main options I require are scan-listings for folders, delete and
> reply. 

I use the Mozilla imap mail client, to connect to a UW imap server 
running on the mail server that holds my MH folders, which I usually 
read with exmh. I  only do this when I need to read a .doc or .xls 
attachment someone has sent. Just make sure to set up the server to use 
SSL secured connections, usually on port 993.

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Gregory F. March | 10 Dec 2003 22:36

Re: Web interface to MH folders ?


On Dec 10, 2003, Marc Baaden <baaden <at> smplinux.de>  wrote:

 |as a regular nmh/exmh user, I currently deplore the possibility to
 |handle my mail while I am out of town and do not have access to ssh/telnet
 |to check mail via the command line.

You may want to look into MindTerm - a java based ssh applet.  I use it to
access my system when on the road.  I forget the url, but I'm sure a google
search will turn it up pretty fast.

/greg

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aeriksson | 10 Dec 2003 22:36

Re: Web interface to MH folders ?

> 
> Hi,
> 
> as a regular nmh/exmh user, I currently deplore the possibility to
> handle my mail while I am out of town and do not have access to ssh/telnet
> to check mail via the command line.
> 
> IN these cases a Web-interface for mh would be great.
> 
> Does this exist already ?

have a peek at wmh.sf.net. It's been a while since i worked on it. but
it does give me what I need. 

/A
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Erik Berls | 11 Dec 2003 00:34

Re: Web interface to MH folders ?

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 09:54:15AM -0500, J C Lawrence wrote:
] UW-imap can read MH folders, tho it doesn't maintain sequence files
] properly.  Drop any of the IMAP web front ends in front of that...

That first sentance is seems unbalanced.

I've found that while uw-imap can READ MH folders, it has great
trouble doing anything that involves writing.  I had to go through
several gyrations in my mail client to even get it to delete mail.
And have been unable to get even read flags to be set properly.

So, while I'm able to read the mail, i've found that it doesnt
handle any sequences, including read/unread, AT ALL.

I'm running Mail.app 1.3 (OS X, Panther) as my mail client.  I'd
really love a solution to what I consider a basic problem.  This
is with uw-imap 2002e, but have seen no evidence in changelogs that
this is fixed in a more recent version of UW-imap.

I'm starting to think that my only hope is that nmh gets support
for MailDir folders instead.  (I'm running DoveCot with MailDir
on another server, and everything just works fine.)

Ideas?

-=erik.
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David A. Curry | 11 Dec 2003 01:42

Re: Web interface to MH folders ?


>>>>> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Gregory F. March, identified as "Gregory" below,
>>>>> wrote:

  Gregory> You may want to look into MindTerm - a java based ssh applet.  I use
  Gregory> it to access my system when on the road.  I forget the url, but I'm
  Gregory> sure a google search will turn it up pretty fast.

It's at http://www.appgate.com/mindterm... The current version is 2.4.1.  It
also includes SCP, SFTP, and Telnet.

I use it all day, every day and tunnel TightVNC through it.  It's rock-solid.

--Dave
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Kurt Starsinic | 11 Dec 2003 08:38
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Re: Web interface to MH folders ?

On Dec 10, Marc Baaden wrote:
> as a regular nmh/exmh user, I currently deplore the possibility to
> handle my mail while I am out of town and do not have access to ssh/telnet
> to check mail via the command line.
> 
> IN these cases a Web-interface for mh would be great.
> 
> Does this exist already ?
> Or can existing solutions be adapted for mh-folders ?
> 
> The main options I require are scan-listings for folders, delete and reply.

    I've been working on a webmail frontend to nmh for about a month
now.  Currently one can read and delete but not post, and MIME handling
is inelegant.  It does a fine job at what it does, though.

    I'm willing to release it under GPL; soon, I'll put it on
sourceforge or somesuch.  I've been using it daily, and I feel it's just
about ready for human consumption.  If anyone on the list would like to
try it out before I widely publish it, drop me a line and I'll send it
to you.

    - Kurt
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James C. McMaster (Jim | 11 Dec 2003 23:41

Question about pick and sequences

I used pick to create a temporary sequence.  That worked well, and the 
sequence appears in the sequences window.  Fine and dandy!

Now, though, I am through with that sequence, and want to delete it, but not 
the messages it contains.  I cannot figure out how to do that.  I read Hal's 
excellent dissertation on the wiki, and looked through the help.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Thank you.
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Hal DeVore | 12 Dec 2003 02:21
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Re: Question about pick and sequences


>>>>> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, "James" == James C. McMaster Jim
>>>>> wrote:

  James> Now, though, I am through with that sequence, and
  James> want to delete it, but not the messages it contains.
  James> I cannot figure out how to do that.  I read Hal's
  James> excellent dissertation on the wiki, and looked through
  James> the help.

  James> Can anyone tell me how to do this?

You're looking for the "mark" command.  From  man mark:

       the command `mark -sequence foo -delete all' deletes the
       sequence "foo" from the current folder.

Looks like I need to add a bit to the Wiki.

--Hal
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