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>>>>> "Ajit" == linux-delhi org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ajit> folks i have searched around faq's and google - but still
Ajit> can't figure out - whether fetchmail can be used from behind
Ajit> proxy server and firewall. from what i understand this
Ajit> requires a fetchmail configuration which uses SOCKS-5. does
Ajit> that mean i have to re-compile fetchmail? has anyone used
Ajit> fetchmail from behind a proxy? btw, from where i am i have
Ajit> no ftp or telnet facility - so my only contact with the
Ajit> outside world is through http. does this mean fetchmail is
Ajit> out?
If you do have a SOCKS5 proxy running you can use fetchmail behind it.
One possibility is to recompile fetchmail with SOCKS support.
However, an easier method, if it works, would be to use a socksify or
similar shell script to run fetchmail with. Socksify & co. do exactly
what the name implies: make a normal network-aware executable act like
a SOCKS-aware program.
Dante (search for it) has a program with similar functionality, don't
remember if the name is socksify.
To check whether your proxy is running SOCKS or not, try telnetting to
port 1080 of the proxy server. If it connects it probably supports
SOCKS. It's also probably a badly-br0k3n ISA or similar MS
implementation, but then one can't ask for everything!
Regards,
- -- Raju
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Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
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