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Author: Phillip Carroll
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Subject: Re: [exim] Changing email headers to reflect server IP when they, pass through Exim

On 4/22/2015 4:03 PM, James Worix wrote:
> That's actually a very interesting idea and I might try it myself.
> However it's not a practical solution for the issue I have. The reason I
> say that is because there are a few hundred users who send mail through
> this server and the vast majority of them aren't tech savvy enough to
> set something like this up themselves and unfortunately I cannot go hand
> to hand and manually set this up. Beyond that the only users who have
> issues are the mobile users. Most businesses have a clean static IP in
> office, but their mobile devices aren't so lucky.
>
> I really appreciate the inventiveness of your response and how
> articulately you explained it, but unfortunately it won't solve the
> particular issue I'm having.
>
> I'm honestly hoping there was a way to dynamically rewrite IP address in
> the email header to reflect the server it's being sent from. That would
> solve the issue completely.
>
> Thanks again,
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Hi James,

I agree the solution I proposed is probably a much better fit for
different email problems. The principal one being email privacy concerns
in certain settings. Furthermore, after researching further, I found
that almost all of the SSH clients available for mobile devices are
designed as PTY console devices, with port forwarding (if included)
being only an ancillary feature.

However, for anyone who DOES want an email-specific private tunneling
solution, I found one Android app that I consider a perfect fit. I
haven't discovered a similar app for IOS devices. (Although there are a
couple of good SSH apps available for remote console) The app I found,
which is called "SPT", for "SSH Persistent Tunnels", isn't free (as in
beer) but its price won't break anyone's bank. (Available on Google's
app store)

I am personally installing the app on all my Android devices. This
extremely lightweight app ONLY does background SSH port forwarding. No
console included. Another factor in its favor is it doesn't require
rooting. The "persistent" in the name comes from the intent of its
designer: It "...tries to maintain ssh tunnels over the frequent change
of network and disconnects typical for a mobile device. SPT tries to
reconnect each time a new network comes up." Reviewers indicate it does
exactly that. You can basically send and receive totally private emails
continuously while being highly mobile.