On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:55:13AM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > >what is -2, -C and somewhat what is -L but in plain enaglish what does > >this do? Please don't use the word "tunnel", it is so broad :) > > All it does is that it maps the port localhost:2525 (your desktop port > 2525) to localhost:25 on the remote server.
Ok, you mean localhost:2525 to remotehost:25? > So if you telnet to localhost 2525 on your desktop, it is like ssh'ing > to the remote server and doing a telnet localhost 25. You will get the > smtp banner of the remote server on localhost:2525 Ok. > It is perfectly legal - you have smtp access through staticky.com right? Actually in staticky.com the relaying is allowed *only* for 127.0.0.1 i.e. 127.0.0.1:allow,RELAYCLIENT="" > If localhost:25 doesnt work there, use mail.staticky.com:25 instead > (most likely that your webserver and mailserver might be on different IPs) > > So set up mutt on your desktop with from: set to your rediffmail acct. > Configure qmail to smarthost through a server that lets you do smtp > auth, or configure qmail to smarthost through the tunneled connection as > above (in smtproutes, * localhost:2525, or * smtp.some-server.com) I still have very strong *practical* objections to this. If this is OT here maybe you would like to discuss this off-list or we can continue here, provided you don't get angry quicky :) > >Now, if I want to send a mail from my local machine with an address > >[EMAIL PROTECTED], the mail won't go, because control/smtproutes will make > >it go via. softhome.net and softhome.net won't accept the mail. > >Are you getting me? > > I got you perfectly - so send it through a site like myrealbox.com, that > lets you use any account in the from, as long as you authenticate > yourself with your myrealbox username and password. Are you familar with qmail. Can I talk in qmail language? > >Are you in US? > > I'm in Madras. I have a colo server stateside that I run my mail on > (and a few other things - such as the ilug-delhi mailing list, > ilug-hyderabad website etc). No I asked cos' you talk in millions and dollars, too much for a middle class sys. adm. :) > >You hate qmail???????????????????????? It is VERY cute. It is the best > >MTA around. And now, I hate your reverse helo practice more. > >Wish I become your client so I can complain to your boss about your > >practice :) > > Go right ahead. I report to my CTO, and he is an even bigger fan of > this helo filtering idea than I am. :) "he" .. ok now I get the whole issue. Too bad you have a male CTO. Let him lose business because he brain washes his middle class sys. admin. into doing things which should not be done. > Becoming our user is easy (go to www.linuxmail.org, www.mail.com, > www.indiainfo.com etc and sign up). Becoming our client means that you > run a webmail or other email domain the size of indiainfo (say) and ask > us to host mail for the domain :) Are you trying to scare me away? But seriously, it is great knowing a fellow Indian in large mail business (though his practice of helo filtering sucks, heehheheeheheh, I just cannot resist) With warm regards, -Payal -- "Visit GNU/Linux Success Stories" http://payal.staticky.com Guest-Book Section Updated. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
