On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 04:12 -0700, Visakh wrote: > Well, I feel that the problem is not that of the client itself, but > rather the proxy. Squid is mainly an HTTP proxy and it supports a few > other protocols like FTP. But it doesn't support mail protocols like > POP3, SMTP and IMAP. It simply doesn't let that traffic pass through. > But there is a work around: > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/squid-proxy-with-pop-and-smtp-632183/ > > The basic idea is to unblock POP3, IMAP and SMTP ports in the iptables > at the server.
I think you are right. What was done in CESS was, I think, unblocking the ports. Of course, people were not using IMAP at that time and we were using our own smtp server (that's what I remember). Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
