# Mail fowarding

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mail-fowarding/198139>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [October 27, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mail-fowarding/198139 "2010-10-27T03:11:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mail-fowarding/198139/1 "2010-10-27T03:11:37Z")

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Whats required in nginx to setup just a fowarding SMTP and IMAP (and  
POP3?)  
proxy, no extra authentication is needed we just want to foward it on  
like a  
reverse proxy. I found the documentation on the area particularly hard  
to  
comprehend.