[tor-talk] Email Clients and Tor

[mirimir]

On 09/01/2013 12:31 AM, Viking God wrote:

> Most internet related programs can be configured to use Tor, but not 
> necessarily in a totally anonymous way. Some programs still leak 
> information about your IP, for example when doing DNS requests. But 
> also, if the socks-proxy answers are too slow which happens
> frequently with TOR, programs that are mainly intended to be user
> friendly instead of secure may try to bypass the proxy setting and
> try to connect directly with a server if the latency is too high, if
> the transfer speed is too low or if there are frequent time-outs. All
> of this happens every now and then with Tor when you happen to get a
> "bad circuit" which slows everything down. But of course you're
> generally more anonymous while using Tor partially than by not using
> Tor at all, but be aware of the false sense of security this gives
> you. You might not be anonymous at all sometimes when you believe
> you're anonymous because of how the program is programmed to use
> proxies.
> 
> Just set the proxy setting like this if you want to use any program
> with Tor: - socks 5 (or socks 4a) - 127.0.0.1:9150 (if you use
> TorBrowserBundle. And it has to run in the background at the same
> time as you're using your mail program) - 127.0.0.1:9050 (if you
> prefer running on your relay's Tor port)
> 
> I quickly checked the settings in (Sylpheed) Claws, and didn't find
> any proxy settings. But settings in the original Sylpheed are
> probably different from those in Claws.

It's essential to use routing and firewall rules to prevent such leaks.
At least, it's essential if you care about leaks.

> May my force be with you! /the God of thunder ;-)

Thanks :)

> Missouri Anglers skrev 2013-08-31 22:22:
>> I have an email client (Sylpheed) that I use to download email from
>> gmail and others.
>> 
>> Can this be configured to send/receive through the Tor network? 
>> Where would I find information on doing this, assuming it can be
>> done?
>>