GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 550664
option for setting a proxy different of the one defined in gnome
Last modified: 2009-02-06 11:21:07 UTC
At work, I use the company proxy in gnome system settings. But company proxy doesn't allow smtp/imap/pop. So I would like to use my ssh tunnel to do that, without using it globally. Several softwares gives this option : pidgin, firefox 3 (you can choose system settings OR override it manually), the same in thunderbird 3 alpha 2 : (3rd and 4th option) http://uploads.imagup.com/05/1220456748_thproxy.png It would be fine if evolution provides this option too, I would be able to use it at work. Thank you.
Sorry, the screenshot is in french, here is the translation : 3rd radiobutton : Use system proxy settings 4th radiobutton : Configure proxy manually
With 2.23.x version you have Network preferences in Evolution preferences window where you can configure different proxy. Please test it with latest unstable 2.23.91 and let us know if it works for you and then we can close this bug. Thanks in Advance.
In evolution 2.24 (Ubuntu intrepid beta), I have network preferences. But it doesn't work for a ssh tunnel : http://images.imagup.com/06/1223292574_screenshot2.png Evolution fails to download the mails through the tunnel, while firefox/thunderbird manage to use it.
With this configuration : http://images.imagup.com/06/1223292574_screenshot2.png in fact it doesn't use a proxy AT ALL. Come back to home, I let this configuration, and it managed to download my mails (while I have no proxy on localhost:3128).
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In fact, the proxy settings in evolution don't work AT ALL. I have a proxy configured in gnome settings ; in evolution the radio button "use system settings" is selected, but evolution behaves exactly as if it was "direct connection". I tested with a network sniffer (wireshark), it totally ignores the proxy settings.
I'm marking this as a duplicate of your later bug, it's the same issue, as I understand it. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 555888 ***