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Access POP and SMTP through an HTTP proxy
Authored by: foobar104 on Jul 28, '03 09:54:12AM

Sorry for blasting off on a tangent, but enough with the "every other UNIX includes these" crap, okay? It's simply not true. AIX, Solaris, and IRIX all include developer tools as an unbundled option, not installed by default. So do Linux and FreeBSD.

The developer tools that were current when your Mac was built came with your machine. (Assuming you have a recent Mac.) The up-to-date tools are available as a free download. NO MORE COMPLAINING ABOUT UNBUNDLED DEVELOPER TOOLS.



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Access POP and SMTP through an HTTP proxy
Authored by: sierratarn on Jul 28, '03 10:17:41AM

Three things.....

There is a missing slash in the line:

smtp_work stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/sconnect
/usr/localbin/sconnect -H proxy.yourcompany.com:80
smtpserver.provider.com 25

which should read:

smtp_work stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/sconnect
/usr/local/bin/sconnect -H proxy.yourcompany.com:80
smtpserver.provider.com 25

Also this may not be an ideal solution for laptops as e-mail programs won't see this pop server as the same pop server that they use outside the network. I'd been toying with a model that uses SSH tunnels. The solution would be to set the e-mail "server" as localhost that can then connect through a ssh machine in the middle (outside the firewall) or directly to the e-mail server depending upon the settings of the ssh port forwarding which will be transparent to the local e-mail program.

Finally, there are several *nix systems that don't come with developer tools installed. I am happy to download a more current version of dev tools than the OS that came with my machine.



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Dev Tool Complaints
Authored by: sgi_oh_too on Jul 28, '03 11:22:05AM

Right On! You hit the nail on the head!



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