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. IMHO a good idea. I tunnel almost everything even in my LAN. It's wireless and to satisfy my paranoia I feel better encrypting everything. > Is anyone doing something in a similar way, yet automated -- or > perhaps has a better suggestion? Why not use the tunnel exclusively? That way you don't have to change your MTA's configuration per network. > 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. J. -- My drug of choice is self-pity. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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