In my experience, most regular users do not have your experience or self confidence and I suspect they find the Webmail extensions easier than "another box" and Stunnel setup and configuration.
On Oct 11, 8:01 pm, Will Keaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken Saunders wrote: > > "People using works > > computers may find however that corporate IT managers have blocked > > access to the ports used by Gmail for POP access, these are the > > people > > who need the extension." > > > That makes sense, thanks. > > Ken > > In these cases, I find a simple ssh tunnel to be quite useful. All that > is required is an account on a box outside of the restricted network - > it doesn't even need root access. In particularly restrictive > environments, I've had to combine a tcpserver tunnel with an ssh SOCKS5 > proxy to obtain the desired result, but I have yet to find a network > where I can't get to my IMAP accounts. > > signature.asc > < 1KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
