[CentOS] POP3/IMAP Proxy

Mon Mar 20 22:53:06 UTC 2006
Peter Kitchener <peter at registriesltd.com.au>

We would like something that acts like httpd does with its reverse 
proxy. i.e. so we don't have to have our mail server sitting directly on 
the internet.


Peter
Les Mikesell wrote:

>On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 10:32, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
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>>>>What is a popular/good POP3/IMAP proxy? that is suitable for CentOS4.3
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>>>>Peter
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>>>Perdition
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>>There's also IMAP proxy as part of Horde project (available only from 
>>CVS).  http://www.horde.org/.
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>>Both have pros and cons.  Perdition does PO3, IMAP4, supports TLS and 
>>can proxy connections to different servers based on username.
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>What is it you expect the proxy to do?  You can use xinetd's
>'redirect' feature to act as a proxy for about any tcp connection
>without needing to know details of the protocol.  It should work
>fine for pop or imap.  Or you can use stunnel to accept an ssl
>connection and proxy to the unencrypted service.  This will
>also work with most mail clients.
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