[COLUG] Dry Loop DSL

[Dan Hill]

"Robert Grimm" <robertgrimm at gmail.com> wrote:
...
> One problem I have had with AT&T is the SMTP blocking. I understand  
> that you can request they unblock it. Does anyone here have SMTP  
> blocking turned off with dry loop, or is that a service for their  
> mainstream customers? I have a shell script that tunnels SMTP over SSH  
> to a machine in a data center, but I don't want to have to do that. It  
> is convenient for sending mail from a coffee shop, but it would be  
> annoying it I had to use it for all mail from home.
> ...
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I can't comment on the dry loop aspect, but regarding the SMTP blocking, if
you are sshing to a remote system, can't you just setup that server with an
alternate SMTP port, say port 587?  That way you can setup your mail
clients w/ port 587 rather than 25.  I've setup quite a few servers that
way.  It would take the ssh step off your plate and you won't have to worry
about port 25 blocking anywhere.

~Dan