configuring fetchmail while accessing internet from behind proxy server

[Ranjan Maitra]

Dear friends,

I have looked around a fair bit but have no leads so I am throwing this out here just
hoping that someone here can help.

I can currently only access the internet using a proxy server and a specified port. My
question: what should I change in my .fetchmailrc settings to be able to fetch mail using
fetchmail?

Many thanks and best wishes,
Ranjan

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configuring fetchmail while accessing internet from behind proxy server using IMAP with an exchange server

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 13 April 2013, Ranjan Maitra sent:
>  I am not quite sure what information I can supply. My proxy server
> to
>  access the internet is xxx.xxx.xx.x:8080. (Of course, this is what I
>  have to do to use the browser.) I am able to tweak settings in
>  yum.conf to yum. But am lost on how to extend this to fetch mail from
>  an IMAP exchange server. Most of the stuff in the FAQ below seems to
>  not be relevant. Of course, it does not help me that I do not know
>  some of these technical details. 
That was the crucial information: using IMAP with an exchange server.
I've added that to the subject line so it's more likely to attract the
attention of someone with the answer.

You should say what mail client you're using, too.  Especially if you
need specific configuration assistance.  If you were using Thunderbird,
it's available for various different computer platforms, and might be
able to lie to technical support that you're using it on Windows, and
just need manual configuration details.

While I do use IMAP, I don't use exchange, never have, and don't have
one to test things out against.  So I'm not the best person to advise
about it.  But I'd hazard a guess that the server would need to support
access through a proxy, as well.
 
> > It may not be possible, though.  It rather depends on what
> access
> > protocols are supported for your mail service. 
>  I am sure that this is the case, but note that when I am not
>  connecting to the network via a proxy server, I can do just fine. I am
>  not sure what to do when we are connecting via a proxy server. 
-- 
[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
Linux 3.8.4-102.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Mar 24 13:09:09 UTC 2013 x86_64

All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
public lists.

My apologies for not including a virus with this message, but I don't
use Windows.

[Ranjan Maitra]

>  
>  Allegedly, on or about 13 April 2013, Ranjan Maitra sent:
> > I have looked around a fair bit but have no leads so I am throwing
> > this out here just hoping that someone here can help.
> > 
> > I can currently only access the internet using a proxy server and a
> > specified port. My question: what should I change in my .fetchmailrc
> > settings to be able to fetch mail using fetchmail?
>  
>  Not really enough information supplied...  Have you had a look at
>  fetchmail's website <http://fetchmail.berlios.de/>? 
I am not quite sure what information I can supply. My proxy server to access the internet
is xxx.xxx.xx.x:8080. (Of course, this is what I have to do to use the browser.) I am able
to tweak settings in yum.conf to yum. But am lost on how to extend this to fetch mail from
an IMAP exchange server. Most of the stuff in the FAQ below seems to not be relevant. Of
course, it does not help me that I do not know some of these technical details.

>  Look in the FAQ and search the page for the word proxy.  There's
> a few
>  mentions of it, and the ones I looked at were wildly different, so it'd
>  be quite hard for us to answer your query correctly, first go.  You'll
>  get better help if you try what looks like the right thing for your mail
>  service, then ask for further help to get that working. 
The problem to me is because these local idiots here believe that the world begins and
ends with the browser, and that too using Windoze.
 
>  It may not be possible, though.  It rather depends on what access
>  protocols are supported for your mail service. 
I am sure that this is the case, but note that when I am not connecting to the network via
a proxy server, I can do just fine. I am not sure what to do when we are connecting via a
proxy server.

Thanks again for any help!

Ranjan

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[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 13 April 2013, Ranjan Maitra sent:
>  I have looked around a fair bit but have no leads so I am throwing
>  this out here just hoping that someone here can help.
>  
>  I can currently only access the internet using a proxy server and a
>  specified port. My question: what should I change in my .fetchmailrc
>  settings to be able to fetch mail using fetchmail? 
Not really enough information supplied...  Have you had a look at
fetchmail's website <http://fetchmail.berlios.de/>?

Look in the FAQ and search the page for the word proxy.  There's a few
mentions of it, and the ones I looked at were wildly different, so it'd
be quite hard for us to answer your query correctly, first go.  You'll
get better help if you try what looks like the right thing for your mail
service, then ask for further help to get that working.

It may not be possible, though.  It rather depends on what access
protocols are supported for your mail service.

-- 
[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
Linux 3.8.4-102.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Mar 24 13:09:09 UTC 2013 x86_64

All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
public lists.