[REBOL] [ALLY] Email and Proxies Re:(2)
From: hopeless:eircom at: 31-Aug-2000 18:45
I'm only a newbie, but according to the REBOL official guide you can
selectively disable proxies for each protocol by doing
/system/schemes/smtp/proxy/host: false
/system/schemes/smtp/proxy/port-id: false
/system/schemes/smtp/proxy/type: false
This worked for me as I had the same problem (I think)
Jamie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [greg_piney--mcgraw-hill--com] [mailto:[greg_piney--mcgraw-hill--com]]
> Sent: 31 August 2000 18:15
> To: [list--rebol--com]
> Subject: [REBOL] [ALLY] Email and Proxies Re:
> Importance: Low
>
> Wrong answer.
> My SMTP server is 'local' on the WAN. It appears
> that all IP traffic gets routed to the proxy
> if you define it in set-net. Our cern proxy is a
> proxy, not a firewall. We use a 'pac' file for
> routing. This 'pac' file is usually loaded into
> the Browser as part of auto configuration. The
> browser can then determine which addresses are
> 'direct' (no proxy - on the WAN). All other addresses are
> sent to the proxy. This is a pretty standard
> setup for a large corporation.
> The real answer here is that Rebol should not
> proxy a service unless proxy is defined for that
> service. Especially those a 'cern' proxy doesn't
> handle. By default, only HTTP, FTP, and gopher
> should be sent to a proxy. All other services should
> be sent direct unless a SOCKS proxy is defined for
> that service.
>
> Greg Piney
> S&P Web Engineering
>
> Terrence Brannon <[princepawn--MailAndNews--com]> on 08/31/2000 10:45:04 AM
>
> To: Greg Piney/McGraw-Hill/[US--MCGRAW-HILL]
> cc: [ally--rebol--com]
>
> Subject: RE: [REBOL] [ALLY] Email and Proxies
>
> [holger--rebol--com] sent a msg to the REBOL list about 2-3 days ago
> stating that
> you cannot access external smtp servers across a cern firewall,
> only socks4 or
> socks5
>
> Here is the URL to his archived msg.
>
http://rebol.org/userlist/archive/315/656.html
>===== Original Message From [greg_piney--mcgraw-hill--com] >[greg_piney--mcgraw-hill--com] on
08/29/2000 03:27:56 PM
>Please respond to [ally--rebol--com]
>
>To: [ally--rebol--com]
>cc: (bcc: Greg Piney/McGraw-Hill/US)
>
>Subject: [ALLY] Email and Proxies
>
>Holger,
>
>I was trying to show off Rebol and ran into either a bug or my own
stupidity.
>I was trying to send a simple email (one liner) to show some people
>how powerful Rebol is. It failed.
>After about an hour I found out why.
>
>I recently changed my 'user.r' to use generic (Cern) proxy. We are behind a
>Netscape Proxy server. This proxy server does not allow mail out. Mail is
>handled by another machine. Most mail clients do not talk to the proxy
>server at all. The reason why I say this is that I changed my 'set-net'
>to go to the socks server and all was well. Works like the Champ that
>it is. Something tells me you need a 'proxy/noproxy' setting in SMTP.
>Or, it really is some kind of bug.
>
>TIA,
>
>Greg Piney
>Standard and Poor's Web Engineering
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