Re: Gmail and flowed text (was Re: Correction to LZO1X)

["Gerb Stralko" <gerb.stralko@gmail.com>]

do you have ssh access?  if so, setup a linux machine outside of this
evil network and ssh into it.  ssh is pretty configurable to get
around firewalls/nats.

enjoy

On 7/11/07, Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/11/07, Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 7/11/07, Gerb Stralko <gerb.stralko@gmail.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> > > This link will help:
> > > http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/pc/#gmail
> > >
> > > Scroll down untill you see a yellow box section that say:
> > > Gmail Tips
> > >     * If you want to use the Gmail SMTP server for your outgoing
> > > messages, I recommend that you create a Pine Role that includes these
> > > ACTIONS:
> >
> > Ok, I read through the relevant bits of that page, thanks. My box
> > here doesn't resolve smtp.gmail.com / pop.gmail.com and there
> > could be firewalling issues on top of that, so I'm not too hopeful ...
> > but I'll give it a try definitely.
>
> I tried adding the IP address for {smtp,pop}.gmail.com directly to
> my /etc/hosts, finally just substituted with the IP address itself in
> pine (as suggested on that link), but couldn't connect. I should've
> expected, with the evil NAT setup that I mentioned earlier ... all
> boxes here have private addresses (only) assigned to them, and
> connect to the outside world via a (squid/web) proxy ... Ick.
> [The proxy does allow CONNECT so some hope is left still.]
>
> Thanks for suggestions,
>
> Satyam
>