POP3 access behind a http proxy

Hello there!

I was trying to reach my ISP's pop3 server, but my present workspace
is behind a http proxy. I need to connect to my pop3 server through
that http proxy. I understand using hotmail's http mail and outlook
express would serve my purpose, but I don't want to change my mail
address either. The idea can be like yahoopop
(yahoopops.sourceforge.net) but it will check any pop3 server behind a
http proxy.

Is that possible, please?

Thanks in advance.

raqueeb hassan
bunia, DRC

On 19 Oct 2003 04:21:08 -0700, Raqueeb Hassan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hello there!
>
> I was trying to reach my ISP's pop3 server, but my present workspace
> is behind a http proxy. I need to connect to my pop3 server through
> that http proxy. I understand using hotmail's http mail and outlook
> express would serve my purpose, but I don't want to change my mail
> address either. The idea can be like yahoopop
> (yahoopops.sourceforge.net) but it will check any pop3 server behind a
> http proxy.
>
> Is that possible, please?

If you have dynamic DNS working for your home connection (if dsl or cable)
maybe you could use the following to tunnel home and do something from
there: http://www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html

I have not tried that because our company does not block internet access,
so I can simply ssh (or Putty) home or to my old Solaris ISP, or ssh
tunnel to work through our Linux smtp server (which virus filters all mail
in/out).

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>>>>> "Raqueeb" == Raqueeb Hassan <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
Raqueeb>
Raqueeb> Hello there!
Raqueeb> I was trying to reach my ISP's pop3 server, but my present
Raqueeb> workspace is behind a http proxy. I need to connect to my
Raqueeb> pop3 server through that http proxy. I understand using
Raqueeb> hotmail's http mail and outlook express would serve my
Raqueeb> purpose, but I don't want to change my mail address
Raqueeb> either. The idea can be like yahoopop
Raqueeb> (yahoopops.sourceforge.net) but it will check any pop3 server
Raqueeb> behind a http proxy.
Raqueeb>
Raqueeb> Is that possible, please?

I think you can acheive what you want to do, which is use a normal
email client from your workplace which is behind a http proxy.
However, some machine somewhere on the net needs to use port 110 to
pop your mail out of your ISP, and the http proxy probably isn't going
to talk to anything except port 80 and maybe 443.

If have control of a third machine out on the internet somewhere, such
as a machine at home on a cable modem, you can have it do the pop
stuff for you and turn around and re-present the mail through http.

I think the easiest way for you to do this is to find some tool that
will allow you to read mail normally from the Yahoo web interface,
such as fetchyahoo ( http://fetchyahoo.sourceforge.net/ ) or
YoSucker( http://yosucker.sourceforge.net/ ). Then set up your Yahoo
account to "check other email addresses" which will allow Yahoo's
computer to pop mail out of your ISP in the web mail interface.

--Rob