On 12/29/2009 9:55 PM, and...@torproject.org wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 09:12:10PM -0600, benn...@cs.niu.edu wrote 2.3K bytes > in 49 lines about: > : Does Thunderbird perchance have a way to set the timeout to a different > : value? > > There appear to a few ways to set the timeout, unsure which one matters > for rss feed pulls over http over tor from TB3's perspective. > > In the Config Editor, there is: > > mailnews.tcptimeout set to 100 > network.proxy.failover_timeout set to 1800 > > Changing these doesn't seem to matter too much. I set them to 9000 and > there were still some test feeds that didn't load (blog.torproject.org > oddly enough).
That's nice to know. ): I've been testing some time out changes in FF to see if there is any difference. So far I haven't seen any but I've yet to fully put it to the test (I'm having problems with pages not fully loading, mainly on techrepublic.com.com) > : >> Hrm. So tor automatically blocks smtp connections by default and there > : >> is local leakage of DNS by TB3. Guess it's time to find a new mail > : >> client. ): > > There is a config option named: > network.proxy.socks_remote_dns which is set to false by default. > Setting it to True does appear to work as intended. It's odd that it works in TB3 and not FF. Perhaps I should have restarted the browser before trying to load the hidden wiki. > > And if you didn't catch it, the default Thunderbird Start Page (on > WinXP) is > http://live.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/start?locale=en-US&version=3.0&os=WINNT&buildid=20091204171430 > > When the socks proxy is set, this does go over tor correctly. <snip> I will try it again this weekend. I am getting really busy this week and don't want to have to worry about missing a timely email from a client or coworker. I really can live with the feeds not polling correctly for now.
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