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#106 https_proxy authentication fails

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2011-09-30
2011-09-30
David Cummins
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Proxy server username and password are not handled in CheckGmail, making it unusable behind a proxy that requires authentication.

https_proxy=http://username:password@proxy.server:port

shows error "... (Bad service 'password@proxy.server')"

I'm running CheckGmail v1.14pre2-svn

This is the exact same problem reported on launchpad:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkgmail/+bug/376825

Discussion

  • Peavy

    Peavy - 2012-06-18

    Same problem here... running Checkgmail behind a proxy requiring authentication and it does not work...
    The variable https_proxy has been set in the environment variables, but checkgmail displays the following error:

    "Error: 500 Can't connect to www.google.com:443 (Connection refused)"

    Thanks if someone has a patch :)

    Alexandre 8)

     

  • Peavy

    Peavy - 2012-06-26

    OK, I solved this issue by declaring the following variables in /usr/bin/checkgmail :

    $ENV{PERL_NET_HTTPS_SSL_SOCKET_CLASS} = "Net::SSL";
    $ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 0;
    $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} = '_my_proxy_adress:_my_proxy_port_';
    $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY_USERNAME} = 'my_proxy_username_';
    $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY_PASSWORD} = '_my_proxy_password_';

    I don't pretend it's the best and most elegant solution to put these variables in the checkgmail itself, but well, it's easy and it did the job correctly for me after that.

    Hope it can help,

    Regards,

    Alexandre 8)

     

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