* Yubin Ruan <ablacktsh...@gmail.com> [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.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
