On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 15:56:09 +0200, Daniel Hartmeier proclaimed...

> There's only one interface, with two addresses assigned to it? And you
> want SMTP connections to use one particular source address?

Yes.

> If this is the case, you need a nat rule, as translating the source
> address is what you want to do. Not sure why you even tried route-to
> here, it doesn't affect what source address is used at all (as it comes
> after that choice is made outside of pf).

Hmm, can I NAT an ipv6 address? Basically I'm trying to send a specific
address as the source for an IPv6 connection (so the connection doesn't
appear to be coming from the tunnel end-point address; instead a part of the
/64 assigned to that node).

> You use route-to to send packets out through different interfaces or to
> different gateways. And just because you route something to gateway B
> doesn't mean the packet will have an appropriate source address within
> B's network. Nothing happens automatically just because it makes sense.
> :)

Heh, thanks :)

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