[Evolution] Forwarding SMTPS over SSH

["Mac McClellan" <squoggle gmail com>]

I work as a contractor for a certain agency that has a locked down
network.  The only thing going in or out is http, https and SSH.

I got POP3 to work by forwarding the POP3S port like this:

ssh MyHostOnTheNet.net -L 995:mail.MyCorporateMailServer.com:995

Which seems to work just fine.  With SMTP it is a little different
story and can't seem to make sense of why it does not work.

I'm using Evolution 2.12.3 on CentOS Linux 5.2

Here's how I have it set up:
In 'Sending Email' tab:
Server Type: SMTP
Server: localhost
Server requires authentication [Checked]
Security: SSL
Authentication Type: Login

On my workstation I have done the following:

ssh MyHostOnTheNet.net -L 465:mail.MyCorporateMailServer.com:465

On my HostOnTheNet I do a tcpdump for port 465 and hit the send
recieve on Evolution on my workstation.  I see the traffic going back
and forth between MyHostOnTheNet.net and
mail.MyCorporateMailServer.com so I believe the tunnel is set up
correctly.

If I telnet to port 465 on localhost and issue a EHLO I get the following:

# telnet localhost 465
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
220 scires.com GroupWise Internet Agent 7.0.2 HP Copyright (c)
1993-2007 Novell, Inc.  All rights reserved. Ready
EHLO
250-scires.com
250-AUTH LOGIN
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250 STARTTLS

So I think I have the port correct as well, but sending messages just
sits and hangs and never goes through.

TIA for the help.

Mac



Mac McClellan

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