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*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/3/2003 at 10:10 PM _nasturtium wrote: >Hello, > > I want to be able to access POP3 mail from a Windows 98 computer (which, >btw, >I reinstalled on Sunday rather painlessly). Currently I've got "squid" set >up >(over dial-up!) but it's only a HTTP cache/proxy ie no POP3 mail. > > This means I won't be able to use Outlook Express 6 (IE6SP1). Before we >proceed further: >-------- > 1) You can on one of the menus activate an option to be able to directly >edit >the message source (you get 3 tabs, editing, source, preview). Not only >can >you paste your HTML code there so you CAN send plain text messages. > 2) Wonderful integration with Hotmail but bizarre behaviour if you >receive a >new message while you're copying them all to a local folder (it gets >placed >in your local folder and you have to copy it into your Hotmail Inbox, >which >changes the received time). I have Hotmail so it's useful. > 3) Beats KMail in some aspects. Here's one: You can view HTML messages in >KMail if you choose "Prefer HTML over plain text", and it works mostly >well >enough, but if the message was forwarded/attached to one, you can't view >HTML. Also the filter system in KMail isn't as flexible. >-------- > > OK, trolling finished, let's continue. > > There's a program called "ucspi-proxy" which provides "pop3-relay-proxy" >but >I want something simple and open like "squid" where I set a proxy port and >that's all I need on the client end. > > Alternative 2: Stream my POP3 mail over SSL. That way it becomes HTTPS, >which >will work. (Note I can't use a web interface to check mail because I can't >download it). However, I have no idea how to do this ... > > So please help by either showing the way to stream POP3 over SSL, or >proxying >POP3, or some other method that does not involve too much black magic. > > Thankyou. > >Regards, > _nasturtium > >* This message composed on a 100% Microsoftised computer. Windows 98, >Windows >Server 2003 ... :-) * >-- >_nasturtium >[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] >------------------------------- >Please "Reply All"/cc to avoid mail being "lost" in filter problems. > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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