[LI] Help: POP thru proxy

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Sekhar,

What sort of proxy is this?  If it's a SOCKS-based proxy, there's no
problem (either socksify fetchmail or runsocks fetchmail with the
appropriate /etc/socks.conf will do the trick).  If the proxy only
handles HTTP and FTP, then you have a problem.

To check for socks, telnet port 1080 of the proxy server.  If it
allows a connect, SOCKS is enabled.

Regards,

-- Raju

>>>>> "Sekhar" == sekharvs  <sekharvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Sekhar> Hi, Is there any way to make "fetchmail" retrieve mail
    Sekhar> from my POP servers, when I'm connected to the net thru a
    Sekhar> PROXY. Or is there any POP client that does the job?

    Sekhar> BTW, I'm running Linux kernel 2.2.12-20 with fetchmail
    Sekhar> ver:5.1.0.

    Sekhar> Also is there any way I can make my linux m/c route all
    Sekhar> the net traffic (like ping, finger, ...) to n fro thru the
    Sekhar> PROXY, by default?


    Sekhar> Any help is appreciated, --

    Sekhar> -Sekhar
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