[PLUG] ssh -X me at that

[Tim Wescott]

On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 09:36 -0700, Galen Seitz wrote:
> Tim Wescott wrote:
> > With my latest update (to Ubuntu 11.04), I changed to Evolution from
> > Thunderbird.  Hopefully this'll end up being a good idea.  One of the
> > things that indicates that it is is that I can now remote shell into my
> > work machine from my laptop and successfully run Evolution.  (I used to
> > be able to do this with Thunderbird but it broke over a year ago).
> 
> While I agree that you should be able to run Thunderbird(and 
> Evolution) remotely, you're going to chew up bandwidth shoving 
> graphics over the network.  Not a problem for a LAN, but painful on a 
> slower network.  Are you running an IMAP or POP server?  Why not 
> forward the ports you need over ssh and configure your mail client to 
> use the forwarded ports?
> 

This is strictly on a LAN.  I normally work out of my office in a
detached garage, but find it convenient to check email before breakfast
and in the evenings from the house.

I'm not running any servers -- just using what's available from my ISP.

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Tim Wescott
www.wescottdesign.com
Control & Communications systems, circuit & software design.