Sympatico getting slow--my 2 cents

[JAMES KNOTT]

 --- David Colebatch <david-nuEF980otx7IfpyC97YFaV6hYfS7NtTn at public.gmane.org> wrote: 
> On Tuesday 26 October 2004 12:55, Srinivasan
> Krishnan wrote:
> > Luckily, our Linux host based router/ firewall
> also ran a CIPE VPN to
> > another location, which had a T1 line.  I rerouted
> outgoing SMTP traffic
> > to go through the VPN and set the SMTP server
> there to relay mail from
> > our subnet, and we didn't have any mail issues at
> all after that.
> 
> 
> I route all my mail server connections (incoming and
> outgoing) over ssh back 
> to the office.  
> 
> Gets around the problem of having to configure your
> server settings everytime 
> you change networks and also protects my
> authentication (and mail data) from 
> packet sniffing etc. when using WiFi.

I have a bit different setup.  I have mail program
configured to use my ISP, but when I'm away from home,
I use a VPN to connect to my home network and set up
the routing so that the mail is sent via the VPN, home
network & cable modem, to the smtp server.  I also
have my own imap server at home.


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