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Hi,
I need to write a small tool to read mail from a mailbox using pop3.
the problem i have is that i use proxy to connect to the internet, and
the Net:op3 does not support proxy. outlook can get to the mailbox
with no problem.
can someone give me direction how do i use proxy for pop3 in perl?

Regards,

Daniel

Daniel wrote:
> I need to write a small tool to read mail from a mailbox using pop3.
> the problem i have is that i use proxy to connect to the internet, and
> the Net:op3 does not support proxy. outlook can get to the mailbox
> with no problem.
> can someone give me direction how do i use proxy for pop3 in perl?

Did you search for "proxy" at CPAN?

A commercial Perl script that works fine also on proxy connections is:
http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/

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