[stunnel-users] Wrapping a mail client - multiple servers

Wed May 21 16:23:45 CEST 2008

In article <f282706bb3323f1fabd48e960d5d3723 at mirt.net>, MichaÅ Trojnara 
wrote:
> stunnel doesn't care about the application protocol.  For stunnel
> it's all about TCP connections.

Ah! That's something I hadn't realized. (It's probably worth mentioning 
it in the docs, because I'm sure I won't be the only person to assume 
that the section name identifies a protocol.)

> > Can I, for example, put multiple [SSMTP] sections and multiple
> > [POP3S] sections in one stunnel.conf?
> 
> Yes, you can, but you probably want to name them [smtp1], [smtp2], etc.

Yes, of course. Now that I know they're not limited to being protocol 
names that seems obvious.

> > or can I, for example, specify multiple "accept =" and "connect =" 
> > pairs in the same stunnel.conf?
> 
> Each configuration file section describes a single service.  You can't
> have multiple services within a single section.

Understood.

Thanks.
-- 
Cheers,
 Daniel.