On 06/21/2010 01:06 AM, M wrote:
> I have read some of the previous posts but fail to understand.
>
> I have configured my portable thunderbird to use TOR. In the proxy
> settings, i have entered port 8118, for http and ssl, and 9050 or
socks 5.
>
> I have added 3 accts: gmail, yahoo, and hotmail. i can access
yahoo and
> hotmail thru an add-on called webmail. Also, hotmail allows pop3
if you
> change the type to hotmail asia.
>
> When i connect, i can see that the connections are made thru tor
from
> the network map.
>
> I am unsure of the following:
>
> 1) DNS leak, as there is no socks4a
>
> 2) Several posts said that your outgoing mail will have my real
IP. Is
> this true? and why when i am connected thru TOR?
>
> Also, if these things are true, then how can i go about doing it
> properly? Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>
>
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