hi ya daniel fun stuff ...
- ssh and mutt seems to be the best... - receiver of the emails see the email coming form your normal accounts and domain names... - web-based emails: webased.riddlemaster.org - you cans end and receive emails from any ip# to anybody - security of your login/pwd is at issue but only for sending/receiving emails for [EMAIL PROTECTED] list of web-based mail apps http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Mail/webmail.txt - yahoo/hotmail/excite type accounts are for the birds ?? - setup a local ppp dialin server w/ an 800# to call your own server ( if you can dial up att/aol/earthlink... you can call yourself ) - international phone calls might be a different issue ( best way ?? ) - when you are traveling.. do you need access to your other windoze PCs and its shares ?? - use ssh if you dont need to talk to windoze PCs - use VPN ... freeswan + ipsec + ?? - $150 cablemodem routers with vpn ports that accepts incoming vpn connection from any where .... ( i think its bad idea...but it works for some folks ) - if you prefer pop/imap... - use secure pop3 ... http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Mail/secure_pop3.txt - secure smtp w/ SSL .... http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Mail/ -- bottom 3rd of the page c ya alvin On 24 May 2002, Daniel D Jones wrote: > I'm running qmail as my mail server, running POP3 and SMTP. Because I > occasionally travel on business, I have an address specifically for > remote access. When I leave, I set up my normal accounts to copy to my > "travel account." I access the account from my laptop. The laptop is > sometimes plugged into a network and sometimes connected via a dial-up > connection. IP is, of course, variable and unpredictable. I can receive > mail just fine but, since I certainly don't want to host an open relay, > I can't send mail from my laptop. My current work-around is to ssh into > my server and send email via mutt. I'd prefer, however, to be able to > send email from my normal email client. > > Is there a ready solution to this? Perhaps a modified SMTP setup where > access is controlled via a password? I know that this breaks > compatibility with standard protocols, but I have no problem installing > custom client and server software if necessary or whatever hacks are > necessary to make this work. > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]