[EAS] email configuration for Gmail?

[Cody Wilson]

Apologize for the double post, but I wanted to comment about Ray's configuration.  

Ray, I'm not certain about the connectivity needed for your EAS appliances, but we have several that are running on an MPLS network that does not route to the Internet.  We were able to use a proxy server to allow connectivity between the MPLS network and the public Internet to pull CAP.  I installed Privoxy and dnsmasq on an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS virtual machine, and with about a half hour of basic configuration had CAP pulling from all of my MPLS connected EAS boxes.  

Keep in mind that these are all DASDEC appliances, so we may have features that are unavailable to your appliances in regards to proxy support, so I can't comment if you're running a Sage appliance and it does not support accessing CAP through a proxy.  With that said, if the ENDECs support working with a web proxy, this may be a way for you to sate the concerns of your IT department while still maintaining full compliance.

-Cody Wilson
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:55 PM, ray at electronicstheory.com <ray at electronicstheory.com> wrote:
>I run circa 150 boxes, each using a single GMAIL account as a point of access.

>That being said:

>You must make certain that all routers to the outside world are open for the
>following ports or you will have problems with email/CAP/network connectivity,
>etc:

>PORT    STATE SERVICE
>22/tcp  open  ssh
>80/tcp  open  http
>443/tcp open  https
>587/tcp open  smtp
>631/tcp open  ipp
>8000/tcp open

>Good luck getting your IT department to cooperate in opening all these
>ports...... they work with a conflict of interest (1) make sure everything
>connected works with the outside world, 2) make sure nothing from the outside
>world can get in).

>at bare minimum, ports 80,443, and 587 must be functional.  It may or may not
>work without the others, but I don't suggest trying it, lest something not work
>that you would otherwise want to.
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