> >> I am using squid2.6stable18 on ubuntu 8.04 server. > >> I have configured squid for very basic proxy and my squid.conf is below. > >> I am not able to access thunderbird email through this proxy > >> configuration, I am using thunderbird from a Ubuntu client, but i am > >> able to access internet using Mozilla Firefox browser, but not > >> thunderbird. How can i get this working? > >> > >> The thunderbird client uses Port 110 and 25 to access emails and i > >> have enabled them here. > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thunderbird does not use HTTP proxy for email fetching. > > > > It will only use HTTP proxy settings for fetching HTML content images, > > videos and virus code which are embeded. > > > > The emails themselves are fetched via native POP3 or IMAP protocols. On 29.09.09 12:22, Avinash Rao wrote: > I understand, but why isn't it working? If the machine has direct > connection to internet (modem connected to the machine) thunderbird > works, but if it has to go through proxy it doesn't work. He just said it. Squid is a HTTP proxy and can not be used as proxy for POP/IMAP/SMTP protocols. You must connect to those services directly, not through proxy. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Due to unexpected conditions Windows 2000 will be released in first quarter of year 1901
