Re: [ILUG] POP mail through a firewall?

From: John P. Looney (valen at domain redbrick.dcu.ie)
Date: Mon 24 May 1999 - 17:11:24 IST


On Mon, May 24, 1999 at 04:00:40PM +0100, Guest, Ken mentioned:
> # Anyone know of a way to use a POP3 box through a firewall/proxy?
> # I only have http and ftp access via the proxy, so I have to
> # use Hotmail (spit) at the moment.
> #
> You could always write some cgi to pipe the pop commands to the
> pop server.
> Or has it already been done?

 Or, better yet, have a cronjob on a machine with pop access pop the mail
file down, stick it in a directory, and FTP to it from netscape.

Kate

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