Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-08 Thread Alexandre Rossi
> Some links : Forgot this great ressource on UUCP over SSH : http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/March2004/article330.shtml

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-08 Thread Alexandre Rossi
> A fairly common problem these days - especially for laptops. > > If you always wish to send mail from one account (ie, work) - a VPN is > the safest solution; that way you avoid SPF and other spam detection > issues. > > Another approach, that I use on my laptops, is to use the Debian > sendmail

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-08 Thread Richard A Nelson
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Colin Cotter wrote: My work doesn't give access to their smtp server from outside their domain, so I decided to set up sendmail on my machine with my work email address so I can send messages from home. However, any self-respecting mail server bounces back my email because it

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-04 Thread Rusty Carruth
Mariusz Kruk wrote: Colin Cotter napisał(a): My work doesn't give access to their smtp server from outside their domain, so I decided to set up sendmail on my machine with my work email address so I can send messages from home. However, any self-respecting mail server bounces back my email b

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-04 Thread Colin Cotter
I have the same situation and solved it with my gmail account. Gmailoffers also smtp relays. I use mozilla thunderbird and I configured that all "outside" mails are sent to gmail smtp. If you do not have gmailaccount send me a private mail and I will give you one.Not so elegant as VPN but it works

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-04 Thread Derek Broughton
Colin Cotter wrote: > This isn't exclusively laptop related but has arisen precisely because my > laptop is portable. It is also probably fairly trivial so please point me > to a web page that explains this stuff -- I have Googled fairly > extensively though. > > My work doesn't give access to th

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-04 Thread Mariusz Kruk
Bob Alexander napisał(a): Ask you IT support staff what kind of VPN they support and once you set that up you will be working from remote just as you where sitting in your office, including using your company's SMTP relays. Unfortunately, chance is, they are using PPTP on MS servers which woul

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-04 Thread Bob Alexander
Colin Cotter wrote: Thanks for your reply Bob. They do provide VPN, but I haven't been able to find out how to do this under Linux. Do you have experience of this working? Ask you IT support staff what kind of VPN they support and once you set that up you will be working from remote just as

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-04 Thread Mariusz Kruk
Colin Cotter napisał(a): My work doesn't give access to their smtp server from outside their domain, so I decided to set up sendmail on my machine with my work email address so I can send messages from home. However, any self-respecting mail server bounces back my email because it says it is fr

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-04 Thread Colin Cotter
Thanks for your reply Bob. They do provide VPN, but I haven't been able to find out how to do this under Linux. Do you have experience of this working? best wishes --ColinOn 10/4/05, Bob Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Colin Cotter wrote:> Dear list>>This isn't exclusively laptop related

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-04 Thread Bob Alexander
Colin Cotter wrote: Dear list This isn't exclusively laptop related but has arisen precisely because my laptop is portable. It is also probably fairly trivial so please point me to a web page that explains this stuff -- I have Googled fairly extensively though. My work doesn't give acces

laptop sendmail

2005-10-04 Thread Colin Cotter
Dear list    This isn't exclusively laptop related but has arisen precisely because my laptop is portable. It is also probably fairly trivial so please point me to a web page that explains this stuff -- I have Googled fairly extensively though. My work doesn't give access to their smtp server fro