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Send mail from outside a firewalll via Mail.app
Great hint! I've been gradually working to get all the pieces together for myself for a while. But there's one thing I'd like to know. What happens if the network connection is dropped and later reconnects? Will this handle things gracefully -- the new call to localhost:1025 will re-open the tunnel if it is not currently open?
Send mail from outside a firewalll via Mail.app
One other question: my investigations had led me to xinetd instead of inetd. What's the advantage of using one over the other?
xinetd vs. inetd
xinetd is a far superior program, but Mac OS X (and maybe all BSDs) come with inetd, so its less work to use that one. You could install a user space xinetd daemon, but thats really too much work (unless you do not have root access on your PowerBook).
xinetd vs. inetd
My Powerbook G4 running 10.2.6 shows both xinetd and inetd in the process list. I believe I read somewhere that inetd is subordinate to xinetd in OS X (now, what version that started, I'm not sure).
xinetd vs. inetd
I'm running only inetd on my PowerBook under 10.2.6, but you may have gotten an xinetd installed via fink.. or you may have a more recent 10.2.6 patch.
Send mail from outside a firewalll via Mail.app
This opens the tunnel each time your mail program tries to connect to the server. It's then closed when you're done sending mail or logout of the IMAP/POP server. SO.. the tunnel isn't up all the time anyway and Mail.app will re-connect if it fails. |
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