[tor-talk] Email Clients and Tor

grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Sat Aug 31 20:52:41 UTC 2013


> On 8/31/13, Missouri Anglers <missouri.anglers at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have an email client (Sylpheed) that I use to download email from gmail
>> Can this be configured to send/receive through the Tor network?
>
> Look through the manual of whatever the current sylpheed version is for
> 'socks' or 'proxy'. It's probably there. Or google 'sylpheed socks proxy'.
> If not, and if on Unix you might be able to 'torify' it with 'torsocks'.
> And if all else fails you can redirect everything through
> Tor with your packet filter and Tor's 'TransPort' option.

You can also proxy tcp apps through tor with 'socat' playing
middleman on 127.0.0.1. socat runs on unix/win.


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