Re: [squid-users] Outlook Express unable to download mail (POP3)

On 20.03.08 20:14, kenny@dallab.net wrote:
> i am new for squid, i am using squid version 2.6 STABLE 8.
>
> i able to setup the proxy server with squid, my user able to use IE to
> surf net by using my proxy server. BUT my problem is when i wan to use
> Outlook Express to download my mail, the Outlook popup a msg said that
> unable to find the host. example, my email domain is mail.domain.com, and
> it is hosted in somewhere hosting company.
>
> i didnt set any rule yet and allow all user to access internet. Any
> configuration setting i need to look into?

I am sorry, this is mailing lists of SQUID users. SQUID is an HTTP proxy, it
can't proxy other protocol. POP3 is not HTTP.

It's useless to proxy POP3 protocol, unless you want to intercept and/or
filter it. Squid won't do either.

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