Gary Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Who controls the firewall? Depending on how the firewall is configured, > you may not be able to access a POP server on the other side. I had > mutt on my workstation working beautifully with my ISP's POP server > until IT decided that allowing that service through the firewall was too > much of a security risk. B-(
A way to work around this: If your ISP or whatever pop server you are trying to reach allows ssh connections, you can tunnel pop through ssh. Most firewall admins will allow ssh through the firewall, and it is fairly simple to set up connections through firewall in your ssh2_config file. -- Mike
