Re: [squid-users] Will Outlook 2003 work through squid

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Jakob Curdes <jc_at_info-systems.de> wrote:
> Avinash Rao schrieb:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am using Squid 2.6stable18 on Ubuntu 8.04 Server 64-bit edition. I
>> have few windows clients using MS Outlook configured to download
>> emails from their gmail accounts through pop3 and smtp. But, they
>> don't seem to work. Will MS Outlook 2003 work through squid.?
>>
>
> Thius cannot work. SQUID is a HTTP protocol proxy and does not know or
> understand POP3, SMTP, IMAP...
> You either need to allow these client direct internet access via
> NAT/firewall or use proxy applications dedicated for these protocols.
> Or use a mail server that delivers mails via HTPS to Outlook (Exchange can
> be configured to do so, additional config on squid required, though).
>
> HTH,
> Jakob Curdes
>
>
Jakob,

Thanks for the quick response.
Could you elaborate on Firewall/NAT configurations.. is this something
to do IPTABLES.. routing it directly to the Internet Modem?

Thanks
Avinash
Received on Wed Nov 11 2009 - 10:52:27 MST