DeMoN LaG <n@a> wrote: > > Most companies have a firewall and POP3 and IMAP do not work. > > But http works through the proxy. > > This is the only and important reason why http-mail-protocols exist. > > Any company that can set up a proxy and let HTTP traffic through could > just as easily let POP3 and IMAP traffic through too
They don't let http traffic *through*. A proxy is a "double-faced" converter which speaks to the internet as well as the intrAnet. But a proxy cannot handle POP mails. Jens
