John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi, > > > I followed the conversation about email writing with org-mode and *loved* > it. I would absolutely like to live in emacs for email as it offers so many > neat tricks. My problem has to do with how to set up pop/imap access while > at work. I can use the web interface just fine, but I've never succeeded in > using a client trying to access via pop/imap (like Thunderbird) and have > simply figured it was due to firewall. > > Recently, I was finally able to get Thunderbird working since their webmail > extension [1] added gmail support. I just succeeded with pop (I'd prefer > imap, though, but apparently it's not possible). > > My question is whether gnus or some other text-based email program that > emacs can use has some method of doing whatever this webmail extention is > doing. I think it's somehow going through port 80 and getting messages that > way, but I could be mistaken. In the past, I've tried "telnet > imap.gmail.com993" and "telnet > pop.gmail.com 995" and never been able to connect. >
It looks like at you work place they are blocking imaps and pops ports. I think you should be contacting System/Network Admin at your office for this. Thanks and Regards Noorul _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
