Evolution send mail though proxy setting, how to? -- Simple test

[Christopher Chan]

>> telnet ipofserver 25
>> {smtp greeting of server}
>> ehlo dude
>> {bunch of lines}
>> quit
>>     
>
> I have tried our proxy "192.168.58.1". What's wrong? And it's absolutely
> our http proxy server via 8080 port. No auth required.
>
> $ telnet 192.168.58.1 25
> Trying 192.168.58.1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>   
because it is NOT a mail server?


Even you say 192.168.58.1 is a http proxy server. That is meant to proxy 
your http requests and probably also cache the content that you want to 
look at on the Internet.


Go ask your network admin to create a nat rule for the mail server you 
want to connect to. Or try asking him to allow smtp/pop3 connections 
through the http proxy server.