Luc Hermitte's Cygwin configuration. Contents My Installation and configuration What follows are files and some configuration aspects from my cygwin installation.
Everything here have been tested with Cygwin 1.3.12-4 on a MsWindows Millenium equiped PC, and since then with Cygwin 1.5.10 on MsWindows XP Pro SP1. The Cygwin Project is a port of the popular tools GNU development tools for MicrosoftWindows operating systems. Running a native win32 application from cygwin/bash. Accessing an IMAP email account using telnet. How to test an IMAP server by using telnet. What you need The host name of the IMAP server (for use in the telnet command) The IMAP user name (for use in the LOGIN command) The IMAP user’s password (for use in the LOGIN command) Encryption For added security, you can encrypt your IMAP connection.
This requires that your server supports SSL or TLS and that you have access to an SSL/TLS client program, for example OpenSSL, to use instead of telnet.