Re: [msmtp-users] How can "msmtp" send emails via host proxy?

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@...186...>]

Hello,

On 20.08.15 16:57, Nan Xiao wrote:
> Firstly, thanks very much for your answer!

seem's I'm very late with this one...

> I download and update the newest msmtp(v1.6.2), and update the .msmtprc
> configure file
> (Add proxy and logfile):
>
> tls on
> tls_certcheck off
> host smtp.gmail.com
> port 587
> proxy_host xxxxxxxx.com <http://web-proxy.corp.hp.com>
> proxy_port 8080
> from xxxxxx@...20...
> user xxxxxx
> password xxxxxxxx
> auth on
> logfile -
> timeout 45
>
> Then I retry msmtp command, and the final error is like this:
>
> msmtp: network read error: the operation timed out
> msmtp: could not send mail (account default from /root/.msmtprc)
> Aug 20 04:45:56 host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=on user=xxxxxx from=
> xxxxxx@...20... recipients=xxxxxx@...415... errormsg='network read error:
> the operation timed out' exitcode=EX_IOERR
>
> > From the capture packet, it seems the after establishing TCP connection,
> the msmtp
> will not send the content.
>
> The attachment is the capture packet.

it seems that the proxy is not a SOCKS proxy, but a HTTP proxy.
afaik msmtp only supports socks proxy for now. for HTTP proxy you must use
something like proxychains wrapper.


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