From 788d69daa64652cd382aa58a2c8ac3cbdea9b6b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 00:59:57 +0000 Subject: Better SOCKS5 support. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2815 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 28 +++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 62df7c01..0aa9c81f 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: 2000/03/07 04:43:04 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/03/11 00:59:57 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -1556,33 +1556,15 @@ RETR. <p> <hr> <h2><a name="K1">K1. 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> - -<OL> -<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. E.g.: -<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> -</OL> - -It wasn't that hard, was it? :-)<P> - Giuseppe Guerini added a --with-socks option that supports linking with socks library. If you specify the value of this option as ``yes'', the configure script will try to find the Rconnect library and set the makefile up to link it. You can also specify a directory containing the Rconnect library.<p> +Alan Schmitt has added a similar --with-socks5 option that may work +better if you have a recent version of the SOCKS library. + <hr> <h2><a name="S7">S7. How can I use fetchmail with geocities POP3 servers?</a></h2> @@ -2759,7 +2741,7 @@ terminate it.<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: 2000/03/07 04:43:04 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/03/11 00:59:57 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> -- cgit v1.2.3