>I have a very unusual problem that I can't figure out. I am using IP
>Masq on a RedHat Linux 5.2 box thru a DSL provider. I have one real IP
>address allocated to my box. When I use Yahoo Mail on one of my masqed
>boxes, I can't send out e-mail with an attachment (it hangs). However,
>I CAN send out regular e-mail without an attachment. I'm wondering if
>this has anything to do with my ISP's DNS setup. Apparently when you
>do a nslookup on the IP address, it returns a host name, but it
>doesn't work the other way around. IP Masq seems to work in all other
>respects for browsing, FTP, etc. Thanks in advance for your assistance!
>
>Albert
>
I have no idea why it works that way, but one solution would be to set up a
web-cache on your masq-server, no big cache is needed, it is just supposed
to work as a relay. I found this solution to be the best, at least for me,
since it doesn't use masq at all, and most browsers, eg. MSIE and Netscape
even Lynx, supports a proxy configuration.
Another benefit is that pages you often visit get cached and the next time
you go to them they will pop up in the browser window without using the link
to the internet at all (well kinda :)
I would recommend Squid. You can find it at http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/
Pretty easy to configure and compile. Check your Linux distribution first,
it might already be included there.
If you need help compiling or configurating, I will be happy to help you.
Jonas
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