Re: Problems with email
I could be absolutely incorrect, but, I believe Squid handles FTP and
HTTP (with some less popular stuff like Gopher, too) only -- no
SMTP/IMAP/POP3, etc. Does your firewall allow SMTP and POP3/IMAP to be
masqueraded to the other computers?
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 08:25, Vittorio wrote:
> I've setup a small home network to prevent my children from having a
> look at sordid sites. So I connected a server to a couple of PCs wia
> ethernet card and the server to my ISP via modem. The server and
> another box run woody while one PC (my children's) has Win 98 on it.
>
> On the server I've installed squid as a proxy & squidguard, diald &
> samba and a tiny firewall using iptables.
>
> It all ticks greatly with the exception of email.
>
> While I can browse through the proxy everything but indecent sites,
> when I try from a client to get my mail with mutt, diald starts (and
> connects to the ISP) but nothing else happens, it all hangs there
> waiting for I dunno what.
>
> In squid.conf I allowed as an acl the safe_port port 110 and 25.
>
> In resolv.conf on the client I have put both nameservers.
>
> Of course, everywhere I've defined the gateway machine both on linux
> and win 98 boxes.
>
> Perhaps I miss something. Please help.
>
> Ciao
>
> Vittorio
>
>
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