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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] using gmail with Kontact through proxychains
From:       "J. Joseph Benavidez" <joseph.benavidez () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-07-22 5:12:53
Message-ID: 200607212312.54070.joseph.benavidez () gmail ! com
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On Friday 21 July 2006 11:02 pm, Nasser wrote:
> hello,
>
> i would like to set up my gmail account in Kontact.. i have seen the
> settings and enabled POP as gmail says, and used their host and port,
> etc..
>
> but when i try to get email, Kontact says "could not connect to host
> pop.gmail.com"
>
> i am using the machine though the university network, so that means i
> need to have proxy set up for anything outside of the uni network...
>
> so that's why i use proxychains, which has been working for pretty
> much every other application (such as amsn, opera, konsole) that all
> require internet access..
>
> i tried to run Kontact using "proxychains kontact" but i got the same error
>
> Kontact works fine for my university email account, as i have set that
> up already and it downloads the emails fine... but it just won't work
> with gmail
>
> thanks for your help,
> nasser


Hi,

I'm accessing gmail from kontact now...

Not sure about proxy chains, or about setting up kmail/kontact through a 
proxy, but maybe you missed one of these things:

Make sure the port is 995, and use SSL for secure mail download with Clear 
text authentication.

Good luck,

j.joseph


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