Re: [Evolution] HTTP Proxy for downloading images.

["Camron W. Fox" <cwfox fujitsu com>]

On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 07:29, Mark Gordon wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 04:08, Erik BÃgfors wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 01:31, Camron W. Fox wrote:
> > > I followed the instructions on www.ximian.com:
> > >
> > > [cwfox Narsil cwfox]$ gconftool --type=bool --set
> > > /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE"
> > > [cwfox Narsil cwfox]$ gconftool --type=string --set
> > > /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host "http://c02.naoj.org"; 
> > >  [cwfox Narsil cwfox]$ gconftool --type=int --set
> > > /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080" 
> > >
> > > with no joy. Any further suggestions?
> > I think that's the gnome2-way of doing it.  
> >
> > Try, vi ~/.gnome/Gnome
> >
> > /Erik
>
>
> That technique is useful for changing the default browser, but not proxy
> settings.  Recent versions of Evolution on GNOME2-based platforms have a
> patch to respect GNOME2 proxy settings if GNOME1.4 proxy settings don't
> exist, so the GNOME2 proxy configuration utility should work with at
> least Ximian's Evolution packages.
>
> -Mark Gordon

        OK, I tried using gconftool-1 and gconftool-2, as well as using the
Menu->Preferences->Network Proxy approach and I still get no joy for
images, as well as Error Loading RDF and Weather Server contact problems
on the Summary folder (not that I use them). 
        Does anyone have any other suggestions?

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Best Regards,
Camron

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