soulpower 3 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 I wrote a bot that responds to ads on craigslist and i'm sure some of you know that you need to rotate your IP every 20 replies or so. The problem i'm having is that no matter what smtp server i'm using (i've used my hostmonster smtp, also a smtp relay service) my home IP shows through in the email header every time even though i'm logged in through a proxy. So i get behind my proxy, verify in my browser that I am in fact behind a different IP. Then send my bot off on a test which sends an email to me and each time in the email header the proxy IP address isn't shown but rather my home IP. I thought it was hostmonster at first but I tried a relay service "smtp2go" and had the same problem. Do i have to use the "change proxy" command inside ubot or can I set it externally with a program like proxyfirewall? Either way isn't the effect the same? Anyone have any experience or ideas on this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UBotBuddy 331 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 I believe you are going to have to use something like that for your email system. You are talking about email outside of UBot's email service correct? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
soulpower 3 Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hey Buddy,i used the "change proxy" command as well as using 3rd party apps to control the proxy settings in IE. It's not really so much what i'm using to control the proxies so much as I think that maybe it has to do with the proxy type (anonymous/elite...etc). Does anyone have experience with proxies revealing your real IP in email headers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnB 255 Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 I just sent myself an email from one of my VPN's (http://vpnprivacy.com/) and my ip was not in the headers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guerrilla 19 Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 From what I understand Ubot anly supports http proxies so to hide your IP on the email you will need to setup a vps on the machine running the bot. A lot of VPS come with a web admin panel that lets you log in and change the IP of the VPS so you could automate that with ubot (although most will limit the number of IP changes you are allowed within a given period of time). Alternatively you could configure a mail relay on a dedicated server that rotated proxies. I am not sure exactly the steps to do this but if you need a new IP very frequently then this could be the only option. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
soulpower 3 Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 ok, so i'm reading that you can't really use HTTP(s) proxies for mailing, only socks 4/5. If this isn't true, someone please let me know. I'm also reading that IE8 doesn't work with socks 4/5 proxies which if is true pretty much may halt my entire process here. @JohnB, do you know if the proxies you're using in your VPN http or socks? I signed up for that service to see what it's all about, never used a VPN before but hoping it will work for me if it did for you. Still waiting on their activation email Quote Link to post Share on other sites
soulpower 3 Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 also, can we get a confirmation from any of the Ubot team members that Ubot doesn't support Socks 4/5? Doesn't that mean that it's impossible to mail behind proxies with ubot if only socks proxies support mailing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UBotBuddy 331 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I certainly cannot speak from a position of authority but this implementation of mail within UBot is a first step. There are several options concerning this that are currently being studied for notching up to the next level. Some of the items that have been requested are the sockets, ports, POP3 capabilities, as well as CC and BC and the ability to add Attachments. Just know it is not being ignored. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
soulpower 3 Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I'm just wondering regarding what JohnB said @ JohnB if you see this, i setup a week trial with that company you said worked for you. I'm assuming you use their smtp server to send the mail? Or are you using your ISP smtp or other and just sending from behind their network? I tried using my ISP smtp behind their network and I get an error not allowing the mail to be sent. I don't see where to find their mail server settings or if that matters...i would really love to know how you got this to work! lol On a VPN are you only allocated whatever IP they give you? Looks like if i want to be able to rotate among IPs this might not be the right option? thanx again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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