Tag: Linux

SSH via a relay server

posted on 2020-03-31T16:47:48Z · last modified on 2020-05-31T23:12:02Z

I often connect via SSH to my desktop computer at my desk at University. However, this computer is behind a firewall and I cannot connect to it from my laptop directly. Luckily I have my Virtual Private Server (VPS) where I - among other things - serve this blog. I use this VPS as a relay server to access my desktop from anywhere with my laptop (and vice versa).

Creating a local email setup with mbsync + msmtp + neomutt + notmuch.

posted on 2020-02-04T07:25:41Z · last modified on 2020-12-21T09:25:24Z

Neomutt is a powerful terminal email client. Using neomutt as my email client has been a real pleasure, however configuring it turns out to be a bit of a pain; there are a lot of pieces that need to fall into place. Consider this post a tutorial on how I configured Neomutt to be my email interface, while I use mbsync for syncing my email, msmtp to send email and notmuch to index my email for efficient searching.