how to read root mail from other machine on secure lan

[Budi Febrianto]

I never read root emails as root. I forward all root emails to another 
user account.

Budi Febrianto
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Ralph E. Kenyon, Jr. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out how to allow access to my root mail account using
> a pop email client on another machine on my LAN.
> 
> I can check the mail for another user on my Redhat 9 linux box, but not 
> root.
> Authentication fails.
> 
> I have managed to allow telnet login to root, but this did not work for
> the mail account.
> 
> Can anyone give me any suggestions?
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> --Ralph E. Kenyon, Jr.