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howtos:proxy_chaining [2007/04/02 05:07] – Added YPOPs! as an additional email proxy choice. sbernheart | howtos:proxy_chaining [2007/04/05 05:29] – texasfett | ||
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====== Proxy Chaining ====== | ====== Proxy Chaining ====== | ||
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===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
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|||||||||||||||| Simple POPFile installation || | |||||||||||||||| Simple POPFile installation || | ||
- | || || **Email client**||→|| **POPFile** | + | || || **Email client**|| |
- | || **IP address** || //talks to// || 127.0.0.1 ||//talks to// || mail.isp.net || | + | || **IP address** || //talks to// |
- | || **POP port** | + | || **POP port** |
A mail client sends a request through POPFile to the mail server for email. The mail server responds by sending the email to POPFile which tags the email with categories or buckets and delivers them immediately to the mail client. | A mail client sends a request through POPFile to the mail server for email. The mail server responds by sending the email to POPFile which tags the email with categories or buckets and delivers them immediately to the mail client. | ||
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|||||||||||||||| Configuring POPFile to work with another proxy || | |||||||||||||||| Configuring POPFile to work with another proxy || | ||
- | || || **Email<br>client** ||→|| **POPFile** ||→|| **(antivirus, | + | || || **Email client** |
- | || **IP address** || //talks to// || 127.0.0.1|| //talks to// || 127.0.0.1 || //talks to// || mail.isp.net || | + | || **IP address** || //talks to// ||127.0.0.1|| |
- | || **POP<br>port** | + | || **POP port** |
- | 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. | + | This allows a virus checker to check email for viruses before they reach POPFile or your mail client or for YahooPOPs |
The port you set in POPFile, the **POP3 listen port** setting on http:// | The port you set in POPFile, the **POP3 listen port** setting on http:// |
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