Hello fellow self-hosters. Is it possible to use NGINX as a proxy for an IMAP service where the IMAP server is located on a different host? I have a cloud VPS running NGINX which is connected to my home network via a WireGuard tunnel. What I would like to do is run the IMAP server (Dovecot) in my own network and have NGINX proxy the connection. I have tried doing searches based on this but the examples don’t show how to specify the IMAP server for the connection to be redirected to for the lack of a better phrase. I know streaming is possible. Would this be the way to do?
I would love an example to go on. Thanks very much!
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In case nginx does not work out for you, you can opt for more generic reverse proxies. frp is my favorite one: https://github.com/fatedier/frp
See https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling