Re: Fetchmail through proxy

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

Marvin Gerardo Aguero Salazar wrote:

> OK. When I am at home (no proxy) I can fetchmail to my local laptop and
> use mutt to read the email.
>
> I've been assigned to a project overseas, so I am working these days on
> a company that uses a  proxy to access the web.
>
> Here, fetchmail is not working. My bet is that it is because of the proxy.
>
> I'd like to fetchmail the same way I do it at home.
>
> A whole bunch of products stopped working. apt-get is no longer working.
>
> I've been doing research for apt-get and fetchmail but haven't figured
> it out yet. :-(
>
> I'd appreciate any help.
>
>  

1. You need to talk to your firewall administrator regarding your mail 
problem.
2. You need something like this in your /etc/apt/apt.conf
Acquire
{
  http
  {
    Proxy "http://192.168.9.4:3128";;
 }
}




> TIA,
>
> -Marvin
>
>
> ----- Mensaje Original -----
> De: John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>
> Fecha: Miercoles, Julio 28, 2004 9:23 am
> Asunto: Re: Fetchmail through proxy
>
>  
>
> > Marvin Gerardo Aguero Salazar wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to configure fetchmail through a proxy?
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > What problem are you trying to solve?
> > What parts o f the system do you control?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Cheers
> > John
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Cheers
John

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