[BBLISA] Re: Questions about your web hosting plans (fwd)

[Jim Hickstein]

--On Thursday, January 8, 2004 5:20 PM -0500 John Abreau <jabr at abreau.net>
wrote:

> If you have ssh access to their server, you can do what I do. I 
> set up a pair of ssh tunnels, one for IMAP and one for SMTP, and 
> then point my mail reader at localhost. One advantage is when I'm 
> on the road, I don't have to open up relaying for each wi-fi network 
> that I connect through. 

Or use a provider that permits you to relay if you use SMTP AUTH, with the
session (and hence password) protected by TLS.