Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 16:03:13 +0800 From: "fooler" <fooler@skyinet.net> To: "User Ernie" <ernie@puremail.eis.net.au>, <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can sendmail listen for SMTP on two prots at once? Message-ID: <015201c67408$30388a50$42764eca@ilo.skyinet.net> References: <200605100317.k4A3Hawi019632@puremail.eis.net.au>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "User Ernie" <ernie@puremail.eis.net.au> To: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 11:17 AM Subject: Can sendmail listen for SMTP on two prots at once? >I am trying to work out a roaming solution for clients with notebooks that > don't like webmail and need to send outgoing emails via one of our SMTP > servers. At the moment I have a POP befor SMTP solution running which > works > fine except more and more the clients are finding that outbound port 25 in > the hotels they stay at is blocked. I was trying to come up with a way to > get sendmail to listen on two ports at once the normal port 25 and a port > number above 1024 for the roaming users. > > Anyone have an idea how to achive that or another roaming suggestion to > bypass the hotel blocks? you have lots of options here... 1. run two sendmails.. one binded to port 25 and the other one binded to above port 1024 (but i prefer to use port 80 because most firewalls allowed port 80 to pass thru) 2. run one sendmail that binded to port 25 and make a firewall rule to redirect or forward port 80 to port 25 3. using dial-up vpn fooler.
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