[TAG] More spam than content?

[Breen Mullins]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 10:55:31AM -0400, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> Update: I *think* I've got the general idea of how to do this -
> 
> su -c 'ssh -l ben -L 25:linuxgazette.net:25'
> 
> now gives me a "Hi from genetikayos.com" when I do a "telnet localhost 25".
> However, I'm a little fuzzy on how to test it, given that I _am_ at work
> right now (my students are doing a half-hour-long exercise, so I've got a
> little time to play.) I'll probably find out if it works tonight, from my
> brother's place. If it does, it'll make a nice 2-cent tip.

That's about what I do. You don't need the 'su', btw. I usually set
up the tunnel on my local port 2500 and point the MUA to localhost:2500.

Or you can compose your mail in mutt while you're in the remote shell, 
which is what I'm doing at the moment.

Breen


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Breen Mullins
San Mateo, Calif.