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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 1c1897a9..7429015b 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: 1998/02/11 19:50:51 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/02/15 04:16:01 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ IP address?</a><br> <a href="#C6">C6. How can I do automatic startup/shutdown of fetchmail when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> -<h1>Configuration tips for various MTAs and servers.</h1> +<h1>How to make fetchmail play nice with other programs:</h1> <a href="#T1">T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?</a><br> <a href="#T2">T2. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?</a><br> @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> <a href="#T7">T7. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?</a><br> <a href="#T8">T8. How can I use fetchmail with Compuserve RPA?</a><br> <a href="#T9">T9. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?</a><br> +<a href="#T10>T10. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?</a><br> <h1>Runtime fatal errors:</h1> @@ -1085,6 +1086,30 @@ As with M$ Exchange, the only real fix for these problems is to get a POP server that isn't brain-dead.<P> <hr> +<h2><a name="#T10>T10. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?</a></h2> + +Daniel Sobral <<a href="mailto:dcs@gns.com.br">dcs@gns.com.br</a> +gave us the following recipe:<P> + +<NL> +<LI> Install socks5. You don't need to have a socks server, you just + want the "runsocks" program. +<LI> Set the environment variable SOCKS_SERVER to the server you'll be + using. Alternatively, you may set SOCKS4_SERVER and/or + SOCKS5_SERVER. Eg: +<pre> + export SOCKS5_SERVER=socks.my.domain.com +</pre>. +<LI> Set SOCKS5_USER and SOCKS5_PASSWD if needed. +<LI> Run fetchmail through runsocks. Just like this: +<pre> + runsocks fetchmail [parameters to fetchmail] +</pre> +</NL> + +It wasn't that hard, was it? :-)<P> + +<hr> <h2><a name="R1">R1. Fetchmail's initial gethostbyname call fails on my host.</a></h2> This is probably due to a DNS or NIS misconfiguration. The first @@ -1736,7 +1761,7 @@ 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: 1998/02/11 19:50:51 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/02/15 04:16:01 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |