[tor-talk] Tor with other applications

[Katya Titov]

"Sebastian G. <bastik.tor>" <bastik.tor at googlemail.com>:

> Karsten N.:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > using old versions of TorBrowserBundle it was possible to edit the
> > configuration torrc to set the SocksPort to 9050. It was possible
> > to use Tor with Pidgin or Thunderbird+TorBirdy.
> > 
> > Now the settings are ignored because Vidalia enforced "SocksPort
> > auto" by command line argument.
> > 
> > Any idea how to use Thunderbird+TorBirdy or Pidgin with Tor for
> > Windows user. (Linux user may install Tor package and Vidalia and
> > it works.)
> > 
> > Best regards
> > Karsten N.
> 
> Hi Karsten,
> 
> I'm not sure if this works for you, but I "installed" TBB and changed
> the Vidalia setting (Settings > Advanced) to not set the ControlPort
> automatically.

This is all I do with recent versions of TBB. Works fine with
Thunderbird+TorBirdy and Claws. Everything below was required a little
while back before the autoconfig option was present and worked, but
shouldn't be needed now.

kat


> I picked the old standard 9051.
> 
> Then I edited the torrc and at least added
> SocksPort 127.0.0.1:1234
> 
> I'm also not sure if
> SocksPort 127.0.0.1:9050
> is present by default or if I added it. (Could it be
> SocksListenAddress is still the default entry?)
> 
> If Vidalia won't let you configure its own config from its interface
> you can add
> ControlPort=9051
> to vidalia.conf
> 
> Regards,
> Sebastian (bastik_tor)