[AktiviX-discuss] smtp

[ana]

Hi again,

thanks for all this support :)

yes, it did work. In shot, these are the steps necessary:

on command line,

ssh ana at 195.10.228.55 -L 2525:195.10.228.55:25

then set, on thunderbird, smtp server for aktivix as:
localhost.

type of connectin: tls  (not ssl)

port: 2525


thanks again, really appreciated.

ana
Alan Dawson wrote:
> Quoting mp <mp at aktivix.org>:
>
>   
>> ana says that SSH tunnelling does also not work for her, suggesting that
>> there could be something blocking outgoing connections (given that the
>> account she is using is ssh enabled)? i believe she is behind some dodgy
>> AOL thingie.
>>     
>
> I think AOL transparently proxy port 25 
>
> This can be checked by 
> typing
> telnet 195.10.228.55 25
> at  prompt
>
> and looking at the banner that is returned
>
> we show something like
> 220 springnight.burngreave.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE
> Linux 0.7; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:19:06 +0100
>
> an AOL user will see something quite different.
>
>
> If its possible to ssh in to springnight you can use ssh to escape your ISP's
> manipulation
>
> for example
>
> ssh aland at 195.10.228.55 -L 2525:195.10.228.55:25
>
>
> then if i start a new shell i can  do
>
> aland at freedom:~$ telnet localhost 2525
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 springnight.burngreave.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE
> Linux 0.7; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:16:57 +0100
>
> Yes ?
>
> This means ( to me ) that port 2525 on my localcomputer has been attached to
> port 25 on springnight.burngreave.net tunneled and encrypted through ssh.
>
>
> Ana.. if you do this you'll need to replace springnight.burngreave.net and port
> 25 with localhost and port 2525 in your thunderbird config.
>
> AED
>