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#1 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 11:42 AM

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"Magnate" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:...
> "Bill Marcum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 2008-01-08, Magnate <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> "Magnate" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:...
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I can connect to my IMAPS server from work to read my home email, but
>>>> work
>>>> has blocked port 25 outbound so I can't connect to my home smtp server
>>>> to
>>>> relay email sent from that account. If I could get exim to listen on an
>>>> unblocked port I could point Outlook at that port and all would be
>>>> well.
>>>>
>>>> Using dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config allows me to specify which
>>>> interfaces
>>>> to listen on - I usually leave it blank to listen on all of them, but I
>>>> guess I need to put any additional ports in here. Can anyone tell me
>>>> the
>>>> syntax for this? It says "Please enter a semicolon-separated list of IP
>>>> addresses". So if my current setup (ie. leaving it blank) is
>>>> effectively
>>>> the same as
>>>>
>>>> 127.0.0.1;192.168.1.1;86.2.3.4
>>>>
>>>> I would expect to just add the additional port like this:
>>>>
>>>> 127.0.0.1;192.168.1.1;86.2.3.4;86.2.3.4:2567
>>>>
>>>> but that doesn't work - exim says "malformed IP address 86.2.3.4:2567
>>>> in
>>>> local_interfaces" so that's not how to do it.
>>>>
>>>> Can anybody help me add an extra port for exim to listen on my external
>>>> interface?
>>>>
>> You could set up your home firewall to forward incoming port x to port
>> 25. Or save your outgoing personal mail on a usb drive and send it when
>> you get home or someplace other than the office.
>
> Doh! Of course, that's it. Thanks Bill - I'm now forwarding port X to port
> 25 on my firewall, and pointing Outlook to port X. It's working
> perfectly - thanks again.
>
> CC

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