Hi > > >Mail server means also SMTP in addition to POP/IMAP. > > > > *assuming* that this is an MX -- it might be a box at home which is > > running, say, fetchmail to the ISPs mailserver, in which case it doesn't > > need SMTP open. > > If you're reading email, then there's a reasonable chance you'll want to > send email, too. And it's nice to have a known SMTP server you can just > authenticate with and relay through than have to mess around finding out > the details for whichever random network you've plugged your laptop into > today. > > Probably the simplest way is to tunnel imap and smtp over SSH. But, as > you've already mentioned, Dovecot with SSL is fairly simple. SSL and > authentication with postfix was a little bit more tricky, I thought. But > certainly not impossible if you're persistent.
Thanks to all for many valuable chains of thought. My kids having moved out of home want to keep their email address, but can use their own ISPs smtp, so the problem was as simple as fetching mail only. One wants to use winders, O how I've failed!!, so ssh tunneling is much harder :-) Again thanks James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
