#755092 courier-mta: Compile Courier with SOCKS5-support

Package:
courier-mta
Source:
courier
Description:
Courier mail server - ESMTP daemon
Submitter:
Renne
Date:
2026-07-01 20:19:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#755092#5
Date:
2014-07-17 17:04:20 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
	Trying to send email inside the TOR network
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
	Tried to configure SOCKS5-support for TOR in Courier
   * What was the outcome of this action?
	No SOCKS5-support available
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
	SOCKS5 supported

    Please use the compile option '--with-socks'
    as Courier is the one and only MTA with SOCKS-support.
    This means Courier is the only MTA which can be used via SOCKS tunnels.
    Information about '--with-socks' configure option can be found
    at  http://www.courier-mta.org/install.html#socks
    and http://www.courier-mta.org/socks.html
#755092#10
Date:
2020-12-30 19:12:10 UTC
From:
To:
proxy.

This means need to convert or merge this bug request in a RFP of the
Courier Socks 5 proxy before building Courier in order to use a Socks proxy
to send outgoing mail.

FEATURES:

1. Courier-mta is the only suite that can use a socks5 to delivery to a
different network
2. Access control: define IP address ranges allowed to proxy through the
server.
3. Access control: import list of banned IP address range, in the P2P file
format.

A "socksify" application wrapper script, that uses shared library tricks to
try to redirect network connections from standalone application through the
Socks 5 proxy server.

http://www.courier-mta.org/download.html#sox

Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com
#755092#15
Date:
2025-10-27 21:34:38 UTC
From:
To:
I have recently taken over maintenance of the courier-mta package.  Can you
please confirm if this bug report still applies to the current version of the
package (1.4.1-10)?
#755092#18
Date:
2025-10-27 21:34:38 UTC
From:
To:
I have recently taken over maintenance of the courier-mta package.  Can you
please confirm if this bug report still applies to the current version of the
package (1.4.1-10)?
#755092#23
Date:
2026-07-01 20:16:47 UTC
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To:
It looks like enabling SOCKS support will require packaging courier-sox.

https://www.courier-mta.org/download.html

That sounds like a good idea, but I am going to prioritize it after cleaning
up the existing packages, which need a lot of work.
#755092#26
Date:
2026-07-01 20:16:47 UTC
From:
To:
It looks like enabling SOCKS support will require packaging courier-sox.

https://www.courier-mta.org/download.html

That sounds like a good idea, but I am going to prioritize it after cleaning
up the existing packages, which need a lot of work.