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? >> -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
