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  From: Mark Pulford <wmpulfor@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au>
  To  : Zaphod Beeblebrox <zaphod@unforgettable.com>
  Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:31:16 +0930 (CST)

Re: lynx and proxies

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:

> right) but does anyone know how to set proxies for lynx, my ISM uses a
> proxy server and 
> I haven't been able to find anything in thee documentation about it.  If
> anyon can help 

Have a look around for a file called 'lynx.cfg'. It is probably under
/usr/lib or /usr/local/lib depending on how it was installed. Follow the
instructions contained within while you edit it. I think lynx also gets
its proxy info from environment variables. If your lynx.cfg contains the
proxy setup it should override the environment variables.

To use environment variables instead:

http_proxy='http://your_proxy:port'	# bourne-like shell
export http_proxy

setenv http_proxy 'http://your_proxy:port'	# csh-like shell

Regards,
Mark