So the problem is that you need to go through the proxy for web
activity but not for POP?
In that case you may need a more advanced setup than just using
set-net.
"... Yo, pekr, try reading the proxy how-to" :-)))
Or do I misunderstand the problem?
Sterling
> Hi,
>
> I will try to describe problems we encountered in our company. It's not
> directly related to REBOL, but well, at least partly it is.
>
> So, our daughter company is our Inet provider. They are connecting us to
> external world thru firewall. All I had to do a few days ago, was to set
> my Netscape' Socks Hosts to some IP address, port 1080. I used the same
> setting for my REBOL, to be able to dowload websites.
>
> Today our provider changed config in some way (upgraded firewall app),
> and sending, receiving of emails was unfunctional since the change. Even
> using REBOL.
>
> So I typed:
>
> trace/net: true
>
> and tried to open my mailbox
>
> I was surprised, REBOL returned error, stating it can't connect to
> firewall IP. I thought to myself, - ouch, what does POP protocol have in
> common with firewall? I returned to Netscape then, and tried to disable
> my Socks Hosts setting. Huh, it started to work for me, I was
> immediatelly able to send/receive emails, as few days before, but well,
> such setting makes web browsing not functional for me, as it needs Socks
> Host, now being disabled :-)
>
> I contacted our Inet admin, and he told me, well, we are trying to run
> this new thingy (firewall app), and it's fault of your Netscape
> (ironically), and suggested me to use IE. I told him, IE being better
> browser than Netscape, still has no reason to be installed on my
> machine, as I don't support its owner's company, if there is option for
> me to do so :-) Then I told him - hmm, strange, as it seems to be also
> REBOL's default way to always check for something at firewall, if such
> setting is present?
>
> So, enough :-) Just a few questions - is REBOL, by default, trying to
> look for something at firewall, if Socks Hosts setting is present in my
> %user.r file (in set-net function)? Why it stopped to work? Any missing
> setting on our firewall? Or? Anyone? :-)
>
> "... Yo, Sterling, stop playing with compression" :-)))
>
> Thanks,
>
> -pekr-
>
>
>
