On Sunday, September 12, 2021, 09:55:56 AM CDT, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
* Globe Trotter via Mutt-users <mutt-users@mutt.org> [2021-09-12 17:47]: > Thank you for this. OK, so you are correct in that doing nothing > works on my office machine but not when I connect to it remotely to > deliver my mail using ssh -L etc and am using that server to deliver > my email. Good that you explained your method of the connection. And did you verify that you can reach localhost at port 25 with certainty? You can verify it by using `telnet': $ telnet localhost 25 and if there is banner then you have SMTP server forwarded to local host. Ports under 1024 can be forwarded only as `root' as they are considered privileged. If you cannot reach the port 25 on localhost try forwarding it to port 1025 and then dispatch to that port. -- Jean So, I do not know if I can do this, but I can send email by specifically including the smtp with port 25. I dont really need it for anything else. It is quite likely that I am not understanding the import of your question. All I do is: sudo ssh -L 25:mailhub:25 username@your_server And then, configuring 'localhost' as my smtp server on port 25 gets my mail sent directly forward through the SSH link. Thanks!
