Closed Ports

I haven’t been able to check my email using OE since I moved in to the new office. I tried and tried and tried some more with no luck. I did everything I could [checked the proxy settings, etc.]. It turned out the admin closed the ports. The only opened port was port 3128, for HTTP requests. All my IM warez have to go thru that port, using the proxy. I still can’t get OE and IRC to work. I tried talking the admin guy to fix this for me but he said he’d do it tonite. Tough luck!