Re: using a remote IMAP server and smarthost

["Richard Lyons" <richard@the-place.net>]

On Sat, August 25, 2007 18:56, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 17:30:12 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
[...]
>> I have an IMAP server on a remote vm.  I access it with mutt because it
>> sucks least.  But when I want to send mail, I have to open a webmail
[...]

> Can you log in on the vm via ssh? Is a sendmail-equivalent command
> available to you there? There are various tricks that can be played with
> ssh tunneling and/or with remotely running sendmail via ssh. (I'll be
> happy to provide more details if an ssh-based approach is feasible for
> you.)

Yes, no problem with ssh.  I have also tried simply using mutt on
the server, which works but has two disadvantages: I cannot copy mail
to the local machine, and for presumably different reasons of
misconfiguration that also cannot send mail!  But the tunnelling sounds
a good way forward.  I did try installing stunnel once, but the guide
I was referring to was not up to my level of ignorance.

Please do tell me more...

-- 
richard