From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: poppyer <poppyer@gmail.com> Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: erc - gnus or internet w3 behind a proxy Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:05:41 +0000 Organization: University Of Oxford, England Message-ID: <3sfxyqshgq.fsf@clpc78.comlab> References: <mailman.4230.1196250834.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196253679 31907 80.91.229.12 (28 Nov 2007 12:41:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:41:19 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 28 13:41:18 2007 Return-path: <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org> Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IxMDq-0003oR-MK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:40:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IxMDY-0002ax-4k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:40:40 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!eweka.nl!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!195.245.201.2.MISMATCH!news.clara.net!wagner.news.clara.net!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!feed4.jnfs.ja.net!feed2.jnfs.ja.net!jnfs.ja.net!feeds.news.ox.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: clpc78.comlab.ox.ac.uk Original-X-Trace: frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk 1196251541 32459 129.67.148.212 (28 Nov 2007 12:05:41 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@ox.ac.uk Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:05:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Emacs Gnus Cancel-Lock: sha1:bcKpU64SnU2IlJZE2qgwh5CF448= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:154197 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>, <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/help-gnu-emacs> List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>, <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:49621 Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/49621> "Klaus Gena" <klausgena@gmail.com> writes: > Hello, > > I am entirely new to emacs and would like to use gnus, erc or w3 but I do > not know how to configure emacs to > establish an internet connection. My computer is behind a proxy with > user/password prompt. > > Is there a way to figure this out? > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > Klaus Gena > If you are using a SOCKS proxy, try "the tsocks" wrapper (GOOGLE: tsocks). But if the proxy is for HTTP only, I am afraid you can't use it for gnus & erc. cheers, poppyer --