Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:38:57 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: =?UTF-8?Q?=E5=BC=A0=E9=9F=A1=E6=AD=A6?= <weiwu@sdf.lonestar.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: network analyse tool? To debug IMAP related problems Message-ID: <20061210233158.K28255@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <1165811163.5474.14.camel@joe.realss.com> References: <1165811163.5474.14.camel@joe.realss.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-822175709-1165811937=:28255 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, =E5=BC=A0=E9~_=A1=E6=AD=A6 wrote: > Hello. I would wish to have a tool that would do this kind of thing: > > 1. listen on imap port on localhost, connect to localhost with my > email client; > 2. forward the traffic from/to/between real imap server; > 3. meanwhile, print everything being transfer-ed, so that I can > have a good ovewview of server-client conversation; > > I don't know what such kind of tool is usually called and thus=20 > difficult to do an effective google search. I tried a few tools in=20 > ports/net but none of them seems to be working in this way... (admit=20 > that I didn't look into pkg-descr of every package) This sounds like a job for net/wireshark (formerly known as ethereal).=20 It won't forward as you describe, but will sit and monitor what goes=20 over the wire. You can have it only look at traffic to/from certain IP=20 addresses, and/or on certain ports; it's very flexible. You could run it=20 on any machine that the IMAP traffic passes through - your local=20 desktop, the server, any machine (gateway?) in between. HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] --0-822175709-1165811937=:28255--
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