[sylpheed:34208] Re: [DNSBL Issue] Re: proxy configuration?

[Randy Dunlap]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:39:20 +0200 Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:33:42 -0700
> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at xenotime.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:55:20 +0200 luca parravano wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi, I am behind a proxy in office so I wanted to know if there is a
> > > way to use sylpheed , there is a way ?
> > 
> > 
> > In the Common Preferences menu, Detail tab + Update, you can set
> > proxy info.  I've never used it, so I can't tell you more than that.
> 
> That's only to support the auto-update process.

Oh, thanks for that info.

> As far as I know, there are no proxies for POP3 and IMAP4. If the OP's
> network blocks these protocols, it logically should have an MTA
> accessible on the inside, offering SMTP (to send messages) and either
> POP3 or IMAP4 (to receive messages) access.

How about using some kind of ssh tunneling?  (I hope that's the correct
terminology.)  I have seen both 'connect' and 'corkscrew' used for this.

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~Randy
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