Marcus Denker wrote:

> 
> Am 19.11.2004 um 11:57 schrieb German Arduino:
> 
>> Hi Guys:
>>
>> Trying to use POP3Client example in a common ADSL or dial-up internet 
>> connection works ok, but trying behind a proxy I get a
>> "ConnectionTimedOut: Cannot connect to 66.54.152.7:110" (being the ip 
>> correct).
>>
>> Does exist some way to use POP3Client behind a proxy (as with 
>> HTTPSocket>>useProxyServerNamed)?
>>
> 
> I use ssh-forwarding for sending mail. This should work for POP, too.
> 
> For SMTP, I do:
> 
>     sudo ssh user at some.machine.org  -L 25:mail.domain.ch:25
> 
> 
> where "some.machine" is a computer that has access to the mail server 
> (e.g. it's on the right side of the firewall).
> 
> Then just use "localhost" in squeak as your SMTP. For POP, you just need 
> to change the port (110, I think).
> 
> The good thing with this is that everyting is transmitted encrypted. So 
> no problems with transmitting passwords.
> 
> 
>     Marcus
> 
> 
> 

Thanks Marcus, unfortunately I've wroted "firewall" instead "proxy" in 
the subject :(

My concern is that a user can use an application that I'm developing 
being directly connected to Internet or being behind a proxy (as Squid, 
for example) in a company-like  network.

Regards.