Topic: How to do this?

[trenskow]

Hi..

Reading through the Administration FAQ, i found this

How do I send email (with SME smtp server) when I'm oustide my local area network?
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Does hostname "mail" correspond to a valid smtp server when you are remotely connected? If yes, then you can associate the account name of server smtp to use "mail" and you will be able to send mails from outside in in the same way that you would if you were on the local area network, without changing anything.

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How do i associate the account name to use mail?

[cc_skavenger]

First,
You would establish a PPTP vpn connection to your server.  Doing this will connect you to the lan side of your network and make your connection "local".  In you e-mail client, you would tell it that your server is your smtp server (i.e.  mail.your-server's-domain.com).  That's it.  You should be able to send mail as if you were connected right to the server.

HTH