[leaf-user] Dachstein - port forward SMTP?

[James Duberg]

This is somewhat off-topic. I am just looking for some general guidance. I know just enough about this stuff to be dangerous.

I've got Dachstein boxes at home and at work, both with cable connections and 192.168.1.x networks behind them. I run fetchmail, procmail, postfix and IMAP on the office server.

I have set the office firewall to allow IMAP from my home IP address, and to forward it to the office server (192.168.1.210). I can access my office IMAP server from home, using any mail client, to read and reply to mail. However, when I reply from home, I use my ISP's SMTP server, smtp.west.cox.net. This prevents me (I think) from sending an email message from home directly to one of my co-workers at the office at their "local" or "internal" email address (for example, jenn@[192.168.1.210].

It occurred to me that if I specified the office IP address as my SMTP server for my home email client, then allowed and port forwarded SMTP through the office Dachstein firewall to my office server, then I should be able to send mail directly to co-workers at their "local" or "internal" email address.

Am I thinking straight here? Thanks in advance.


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