Re: how to point Mutt to a VPN connection
On 2017-08-01 15:17, Yubin Ruan wrote: > I am wondering whether it is possible to point Mutt to connect to a > VPN client that is listening at a local port whenever I want to have > direct imap access to my mail server. Currently I configure Mutt to > connect to the Gmail server using gmail directly with imap. But as > gmail is kind of blocked in my company so connection is slow. I have > to use a VPN. I have setup a VPN client locally. What is left to do is > to point Mutt to use that VPN client as a network interface for > connection so that things can speed up. In addition to the advice already given by Patrick (good, but somewhat indirect): Run a long lived ssh process on the other side of the VPN with port forwarding (that is, the -L option, or probably multiple -L options). Bind to local address of that to the VPN server address (I'll call that A_vpn). Point the remote to the Google (or whatever) servers. Then tell mutt to use the fake servers on A_vpn you have just set up. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. Do obvious transformation on domain to reply privately _only_ on Usenet.
Re: how to point Mutt to a VPN connection
* Yubin Ruan [08-01-17 03:23]: > Hi, > > I am wondering whether it is possible to point Mutt to connect to a > VPN client that is listening at a local port whenever I want to have > direct imap access to my mail server. Currently I configure Mutt to > connect to the Gmail server using gmail directly with imap. But as > gmail is kind of blocked in my company so connection is slow. I have > to use a VPN. I have setup a VPN client locally. What is left to do is > to point Mutt to use that VPN client as a network interface for > connection so that things can speed up. use the vpn as your mail cache/server. install mutt and screen or tmux on the vpn. use mutt on the vpn via ssh or an ssh tunner and screen or tmux. or I believe better and what I do. connect to your home machine via ssh to a running screen or tmux session and use mutt there to read your mail. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.orgopenSUSE Community Memberfacebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535@ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
how to point Mutt to a VPN connection
Hi, I am wondering whether it is possible to point Mutt to connect to a VPN client that is listening at a local port whenever I want to have direct imap access to my mail server. Currently I configure Mutt to connect to the Gmail server using gmail directly with imap. But as gmail is kind of blocked in my company so connection is slow. I have to use a VPN. I have setup a VPN client locally. What is left to do is to point Mutt to use that VPN client as a network interface for connection so that things can speed up. Any idea? Yubin
