Re: Help: Mandriva drops DHCP IP address nor can't ping to local host

From: Michael Badt (mb_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/19/05 

Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:35:02 +0300

Jack Masters wrote:

> Michael Badt wrote:
>> Thanks Jack !
>> You were correct. My Sys Admin has added a proxy. Once I configured
>> Firefox to automatically find and use the proxy, I could browse again in
>> BOTH OSs. I even managed to get the proxy IP address.
>> The sole problem remaining, is downloading my "external" pop email using
>> kmail. Any Idea?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
> Sorry, no easy solution for that one. Either talk to sysadmin to open
> connections to port 110 (the chances of that happening are very slim
> though, as the whole object of the exercise is to pass all incoming data
> through a virus-scanner and allowing direct POP access would poke a hole
> the size of a large meteorite in that), or if your email provider has
> some form of web-mail use that to access it.
>
> If you have access to another machine somewhere (e.g. at home) with
> always-on internet connection and a fixed IP address, you could set up a
> web-mail server there (or even a port forwarder from port 80 to 110 for
> specific incoming IP addresses). <unruh>Oops, forget I said that last
> bit, you might be violating company policy right up to the level of
> dismissable offense.</unruh> Joking aside, there is a good reason for
> limiting outside accesss from within a company network; If you ever have
> seen the mess a windoze virus can make of a corporate network you will
> know.
>
> J.

Thanks again Jack for your time and insight !
Michael

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