stupid question - Wingate

[yoda291]

Ok, I've got a routing problem.

I have to use wingate to share a Broadband internet connection. So far, everything seems to work. It's NAT software and the client computers can access web pages, dl from ftps, international language filters work fine, POP3, IMAP, HTTPS, and all those silly SOCKS programs work fine(AIM, MS messenger, yahoo). The only thing that doesn't work is logging in to webmail like Hotmail or Yahoo! mail. It connects fine and the page source is downloaded fine, but nothing comes up at all, it's like the site doesn't seem to exist.

Linux is not an option because I leave for school and the network gets run by a non-linux savvy person(I tried man, I really really tried) and wingate seems to work better than any proxy/NAT software I can get my hands on(EZ proxy, analogx, sygate, etc).

Thanks

 

[GigaCluster]

Since the page source code downloads fine, it cannot be Wingate's fault. Once the source code is copied to the client, it is now the browser's responsibility to render to source code.
If you've recently changed/updated/"enhanced" your browser, consider reversing the changes.

I'm subscribing to the thread, if there's anything more you wish to say about this.

 

[yoda291]

The source gets downloaded fine, but the source points to(I assume) some sort of script or applet that reads the mail off their servers. I'm thinking that it is redirecting to some other server and waits for data that doesn't come through the router. does anyone know if webmail servers use some strange port that isn't standard or uses a non-http type deal?

 

[GigaCluster]

No, mail servers (web-based, like Hotmail) are no different than any other web site -- they use only HTTP or HTTPS ports.

And there is no applet that downloads mail -- mail comes to you through a normal web port.