First to admit I'm a newbie at Python, IMAP, or SSL. And it's been a long time since I've posted anything to a Usenet group. But I've spent countless hours spinning my wheels on this one, so I thought I'd ask for help.
I'm trying write some Python code to connect to Gmail from work, where I need to direct all non-HTTP traffic through a proxy server. Can anyone provide syntax which would redirect the imap4_SSL method through a proxy server:port? I suspect there are some environment variables which, when set, will do this very easily and elegantly. I also suspect there is a really complicated way to 'wrap' the imap classes so as to force requests to go through a proxy which, as a newbie, I am trying to avoid. FYI, I'm currently running Python 2.5.2. via IDLE on Windows XP. But when this project is done, I will move it to Linux. Thanks for any help. Dave fkaprince, at Gmail, dot-com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list