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howtos:proxy_chaining [2007/04/02 05:07] – Added YPOPs! as an additional email proxy choice. sbernheart | howtos:proxy_chaining [2007/04/02 05:08] – sbernheart |
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|| **POP<br>port** || //over port// || //123// || //over port// || //124// || //over port// || 110 || || | || **POP<br>port** || //over port// || //123// || //over port// || //124// || //over port// || 110 || || |
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This allows a virus checker to check email for viruses before they reach POPFile or your mail client or for YahooPOPs to fetch mail from a Yahoo account. Note that you want to avoid conflicts with other proxies by either a) using different ports or b) a different IP address. However, a different IP address is often not practical for this particular application because your proxies (e.g. virus checker and spam checker) are running together on your local machine. If none of that makes sense, that's okay it isn't essential to using POPFile. Keep reading on. | This allows a virus checker to check email for viruses before they reach POPFile or your mail client or for YahooPOPs or YPOPs! to fetch mail from a Yahoo account. Note that you want to avoid conflicts with other proxies by either a) using different ports or b) a different IP address. However, a different IP address is often not practical for this particular application because your proxies (e.g. virus checker and spam checker) are running together on your local machine. If none of that makes sense, that's okay it isn't essential to using POPFile. Keep reading on. |
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The port you set in POPFile, the **POP3 listen port** setting on http://127.0.0.1:8080/configuration and in your email client (the **pop** or **incoming** server) are different than the setting your mail server uses (//110// by convention) and the other proxy. | The port you set in POPFile, the **POP3 listen port** setting on http://127.0.0.1:8080/configuration and in your email client (the **pop** or **incoming** server) are different than the setting your mail server uses (//110// by convention) and the other proxy. |