Thank you for your response. But already we have ACL on the squid and also on the mikrotik we have a series f permitted users who have access to these ports so opening them should not really be a problem. When i mean slow i mean that the pages being fetched from the cache considerablely slow down! i have restarted it this morning now and would like to watch it handle requests over peak periods and will report back to you. But please would like to know how to update my version of squid from 3.2.11 to the current 3.4.4 I would appreciate it if you would tell me in layman's ters how to do so. Thanks >> Hello, >> >> I am using a Opensuse12.3 with squid as a gateway & squid though its >> not transparent! I would like to know how to do the following >> 1. Allow the following port have access in the network; ports 25, 110, >> 465, 995 and other specific ports required for specific mail servers >> to work. > >Two problems with this. > >1) Squid is an HTTP proxy not an email server. > >2) Opening these ports in any way through Squid turns it into an "open >proxy" and permits spamming or other email abuse through your server. > > >> 2. The squid seems to slow down after a few hours on the job; although >> there are a few clients on transparent and a few on non-transparent >> proxies here! Is there any script or such that will make the squid box >> refresh itself every few hours or so? > >What? please define "slow". > >> 3. The clients who are not using the proxy are doing so due to the >> fact that they won?t be able to pull and or push their emails due to >> firewall restrictions from the squid! > >Squid is not a firewall. > >Check the actual firewall settings on the box Squid is running on. >Perhapse that is what is getting in their way. > >> 4. After a few days can we release the contents of the squid so as not >> to have a filled up squid? > >What contents and why? > > >Amos
