Email client passing through a proxy server

[aaldiosa]

I was wondering does anybody have an idea how to make an email client send and receive email through a proxy?

[metalized]

I was wondering does anybody have an idea how to make an email client send and receive email through a proxy?
depends an the proxy server. what kind of receiving? do u need pop3. if yes then p3scan is the answer for u. it is a completely transparent pop3 server used for linux and it can filter viruses and spam. and it does it good.

http://p3scan.sourceforge.net/

for sending u need same smtp proxy. just do a search on freshmeat.net or on sourceforge.net

for imap there is some proxy software as well, that connects to the imap server b4 the user and detects/elliminates spam. I havent used it though.

I use p3scan for pop3 mail for the users that have external pop accounts. and qmail for smtp. Actually I have configured qmail ( qmailrocks be blessed ) to be the main server as through fetchmail I download all pop3 mail for the users from the providers. and I use gotmail to download from hotmail. all these messages get redirected to the email accounts of my qmail server. And it works nicely -- for now. It is not some huge server, only a couple of users but I am saftisfied. :)