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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 206c930f..b9e6ef74 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/03/10 09:03:23 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/03/18 20:01:52 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at <a href="#G8">G8. How can I avoid sending my password en clair?</a><br> <a href="#G9">G9. Is any special configuration needed to use a dynamic IP address?</a><br> +<a href="#G10">G10. Is any special configuration needed to use firewalls?</a><br> <h1>Build-time problems:</h1> @@ -429,6 +430,18 @@ first, observe the actual address range you see on connections, and add an <code>interface</code> option (if you need one) later.<P> <hr> +<h2><a name="G10">G10. Is any special configuration needed to use firewalls?</a></h2> + +No. You can use fetchmail with SOCKS, the standard tool for +indirecting TCP/IP through a firewall. You can find out about SOCKS, +and download the SOCKS software including server and client code, at +the <a href="http://www.socks.nec.com/">SOCKS distribution +site</a>.)<P> + +The specific recipe for using fetchmail with a firewall is at <a +href="#T10">T10</a><P> + +<hr> <h2><a name="B1">B1. Lex bombs out while building the fetchmail lexer.</a></h2> In the immortal words of Alan Cox the last time this came up: "Take @@ -1833,7 +1846,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.<P> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/03/10 09:03:23 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/03/18 20:01:52 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |