So pardon me for being stupid, but I feel like I'm almost there ... and need just a bit more help.
I am using "connect" from http://www.imasy.or.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html so my .ssh/config file looks a bit like this (names changed etc etc): Host external.server.net ProxyCommand connect -H local.proxy.net:8080 %h %p (the external server runs both the sshd and imaps). If I run this: ssh -L 5143:external.server.net:993 external.server.net then I get a normal telnet-like ssh connection. Is this what I want? Is this connection secretly doing port redirection while I read news, use vi, etc? If I tell evolution to connect to localhost:5143, evolution says that the local host is refusing connections to port 5143 (I am a newbie at this port/networking stuff). Any hints/advice greatly appreciated. -- Mike > Continuing the topic of using ssh, here is what I used to do (server > named have been changed to protect the innocent). > > Say that your external IMAP server is mail.mail.com, and you have sshd > running on server.my.com (both external to the firewall): > > $-> ssh -L 5143:mail.mail.com:143 server.my.com > > Once the ssh connection is up, local port 5143 is mapped to the > external IMAP server's IMAP port through the ssh "tunnel". Add a new > account to evolution with the server set to localhost:5143 and you are > all set. > > You can add the -L part to your ssh config file, if you wish.... and > you can add multiple ones, like an SMTP entry, another mail > server...... > > For IMAPS, of course, you would use port 993 instead of 143. > > Lonnie > -- Michael W. Godfrey Univ of Waterloo, School of Comp Sci email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.uwaterloo.ca/~migod _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
