...I have an email account on a system where the sysadmin does not want to run a POP server (understandable, given the security issues around POP); this means that my access to the mail on that server is restricted to actually logging in and reading it there. ...

How exactly do you do this? That's the starting point to solve your problem, I think - build your way of managing mail around the mailbox access methods that the remote sysadmin offers and maintains.

To second an already expressed opinion - exim+dovecot is a fine solution, we are offering some hosting based on such a combination and it works well for years already.

If you have shell and ssh access to the remote server - (a far more dangerous option than running a POPS enabled mailserver, if you ask me) - it might be that forwarding X with ssh's -X option (if you're on Linux) and/or tunneling a local port to a remote one that you are allowed to access (with something like -L local_port:localhost:remote_port) would lead to a convenient solution too.

Krambambuli
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In reply to Re: Battling mail timing issues by Krambambuli
in thread Battling mail timing issues by oko1

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