[VPM] proxy question

[Darren Duncan]

At 7:05 PM -0700 7/21/06, Jer A wrote:
>hello all gurus
>
>This is not really a perl question, more of an infrastructure question.
>I want to write a simple smtp/pop/imap proxy filter. the proxy will sit
>between the client (eg eudora) and the isp mailserver.
>
>I dont really need help implementing it, but how do I set this proxy up, so
>the clients can still use the same email settings (eg. mail.host.com etc),
>as If the proxy was never their.
>
>for example, I have computers on a network behind a linksys router. All
>computers are Win2000pro.
>a proxy would site on computer "a" .
>"b","c" and "d" would connect(smtp/pop/imap client) to the proxy on computer
>"a", which would connect to the mailserver on the internet. how do I have
>the settings on each computer remain pointed to the mailserver on the
>internet, even though they would connect to a proxy in between?
>
>Thanks in advance for your reply.
>
>Jer A.

I don't know the answer to this. -- Darren Duncan