Jochen Schulz wrote: > Bill Moseley: >> >> When I'm away from my home lan I create an ssh tunnel from localhost >> port 2525 to port 25 on my mail machine so sending mail still works. >> That also means I have to update my exim.conf file's smarthost setting >> to deliver all mail to localhost:2525. > > Why not use the tunnel exclusively? That way you don't have to change > your MTA's configuration per network.
I'm glad to see I wasn't missing something obvious :-) That's what I thought too. > >> I haven't looked at it yet, but I suppose SMTP AUTH or some other >> authentication method would be less work when connecting from >> different locations. > > I already found it quite hard to set up Postfix (and Exim) for SMTP AUTH > as a client. The SSH option appeared straight forward to me once I had > understood the whole concept of SSH tunneling. Yes. I used Exim, couldn't get SMTP AUTH to work as I wanted. Never could figure out how to configure Postfix. Finally set up the SSH tunnel as I am often at a client's site where firewalls and their SMTP configuration make it impossible to reach some email destinations any other way. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
