question on thunderbird and tor
Ringo
2600denver at gmail.com
Mon Jun 21 20:34:39 UTC 2010
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Thunderbird does do DNS leaks but I'm not sure about the actual data (ie
your IP address) it sends. You should run this in TorVM (or whichever VM
is current) or something to protect your privacy if you insist on using
thunderbird.
Ringo
On 06/21/2010 01:06 AM, M wrote:
> I have read some of the previous posts but fail to understand.
>
> I have configured my portable thunderbird to use TOR. In the proxy
> settings, i have entered port 8118, for http and ssl, and 9050 or socks 5.
>
> I have added 3 accts: gmail, yahoo, and hotmail. i can access yahoo and
> hotmail thru an add-on called webmail. Also, hotmail allows pop3 if you
> change the type to hotmail asia.
>
> When i connect, i can see that the connections are made thru tor from
> the network map.
>
> I am unsure of the following:
>
> 1) DNS leak, as there is no socks4a
>
> 2) Several posts said that your outgoing mail will have my real IP. Is
> this true? and why when i am connected thru TOR?
>
> Also, if these things are true, then how can i go about doing it
> properly? Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>
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