Tor and Thunderbird / Mail.app

[Holmes Wilson]

That seems to not be true.   Right now Tor is not running, safari  
shows the privoxy error page, and mail.app is still able to send and  
receive mail from gmail.

-Holmes


On Apr 12, 2008, at 10:28 PM, phobos at rootme.org wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 10:02:51PM -0400, hwilson at gmail.com wrote  
> 0.4K bytes in 12 lines about:
> : I'm looking for a good way to use Tor for accessing email on OS  
> X.  It
> : seems like Thunderbird is working with the torbutton plugin.  But  
> I'd
> : prefer to use Mail.app.  Is this possible?
> :
> : Do the proxy settings that torify Safari apply to Mail.app?
> : http://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-osx.html.en
>
> If you setup the proxy server in System Preferences, all native-Apple
> applications should use the settings.
>
> : What is my checklist to make sure Mail.app isn't leaking IP  
> information?
>
> Send yourself an email and look at the headers for your IP address.
> Alternatively, use tcpdump or wireshark to sniff the connection to see
> what leaks.
>
> Just remember that unless you are using pop3s or imaps (that is pop3
> over ssl or imap over ssl) the exit node can see your username/ 
> password
> in the clear.
>
> -- 
> Andrew