I did something similar but using ssh. Instead of vpn'ing to your home server, you could ssh to it and remote forward a port to your ISP's smtp server, like this: ssh me@home.-R 22025:smtp.isp.com:25 or something like this. You then only need ssh on the server; no vpn (for that) nor stmp relays... It worked perfectly for... N 2009/6/5 David Rosenstrauch <darose@xxxxxxxxxx> > On Fri, June 5, 2009 6:23 pm, Magnus Therning wrote: > > Mike Sampson wrote: > >> I have used msmtp. From memory it just consists of a command line > >> utility > >> and a config file containing the mail server you want to use, > >> credentials if > >> used, etc. Worked well for me. There are quite a few tutorials on the > >> web > >> about using it with mutt. > > > > It works beautifully. I especially like the ability to have a per-user > > configuration together with a system config (that beats ssmtp). After > > replacing dcron by fcron I can now get the cron-output mailed off the > > machine > > as well. > > > > Thanks for the help! > > > > /M > > > > -- > > Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) > > magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org > > http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe > > Just curious, by the way: msmtp isn't exactly an SMTP "server", correct? > It's really just a sendmail replacement, right? (i.e., not a full-fledged > SMTP daemon, listening on port 25, etc.) > > If that's the case, then I don't think I could use it to replace exim. By > using exim on my home server (configured to relay mail out to my ISP), I > can VPN in to the server from my laptop and then have Thunderbird on the > laptop send mail using the SMTP server on 10.1.0.1:25. A simple sendmail > executable on the server wouldn't let me accomplish this. > > Exim works perfectly in this configuration, but it's really overkill for > this purpose, and given Exim's large and confusing config file it'd be > nice to replace it with something simpler. But I can live with the status > quo if I have to. > > DR > >
