Okay. Any pointer what can be achieved with Squid's HTTP CONNECT method? Quote: "The "tunnel CONNECT" patch mentioned in the thread might help, but only if you have a target that accepts what has been tunneled." If I understand you correctly, the IMAP server should wrap IMAP responses with HTTP responses, and accept IMAP requests wrapped with HTTP requests? On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Jakob Curdes <jc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sabyasachi Ruj schrieb: >> >> I went through this thread: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg59892.html. >> I also needed that IMAP to work via Squid. There was no conclusion on >> that thread. >> >> Is it possible to use Squid for IMAP traffic using HTTP's CONNECT >> method? If not, can anybody tell us the reason? I thought CONNECT can >> be used to achieve the same functionality that SOCKS can provide? Am I >> missing something? >> > > No, you are not missing something, currently this is not possible. > > Squid concentrateds on being a good HTTP proxy with some limited > functionality RE https. > The "tunnel CONNECT" patch mentioned in the thread might help, but only > if you have a target that accepts what has been tunneled. > I.E. you could try to tunnel IMAP via SSL but only if the target mailserver > accepts SSL. > It is probably impossible to tunnel a plain IMAP connection in this way as > your target mailserver will not understand the protocol being delivered. > > HTH, > Jakob Curdes > > > -- Sabyasachi
