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Re: Supporting socks proxy via unix sockets
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From: Daniel Stenberg via curl-users <curl-users_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:42:55 +0200 (CEST)
On Sat, 16 Apr 2022, Alex Bligh wrote:
>> I spoke about the URL format used to specify *proxies*
>
> Yes. I was suggesting it might be useful to have a URL format that worked
> everywhere, not just for proxies.
I don't think we can extend the URL format for that without breaking
something. And I don't think there's a strong reason for us to try to.
> For example SMTP (in the form of LMTP) is I believe often accessed via a
> socket (though that admittedly doesn't require a path in the URL either).
--unix-socket should be possible to use for SMTP. If it doesn't work already,
it should be fairly easy to make it so if anyone feels inclined.
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:42:55 +0200 (CEST)
On Sat, 16 Apr 2022, Alex Bligh wrote:
>> I spoke about the URL format used to specify *proxies*
>
> Yes. I was suggesting it might be useful to have a URL format that worked
> everywhere, not just for proxies.
I don't think we can extend the URL format for that without breaking
something. And I don't think there's a strong reason for us to try to.
> For example SMTP (in the form of LMTP) is I believe often accessed via a
> socket (though that admittedly doesn't require a path in the URL either).
--unix-socket should be possible to use for SMTP. If it doesn't work already,
it should be fairly easy to make it so if anyone feels inclined.
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