Re: [Evolution] Proxies

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

I got a follow-up from Christoph Lehmann.  It was sent to me rather than the list, but given that there wasn't anything personal in it, I don't see any reason not to share its contents:

>     what I did:

>     (making Evolution work with the proxy
>     enviroment)
>     
>     1. Set up proxy in \Preferences\Network Proxy.
>     2. Follow the instructions from the Ximian Evolution manual, by manually
>     entering the data, ie. using /usr/bin/gconftool-2. (commands see in the
>     help)
>     3. This is where the hickup was: Open \System Tools\More System
>     Tools\Configuration Editor.
>             a) Go to "system\http_proxy": "use-http-proxy" must be checked;
>             I bet it wasn't, it seem to be a bug.
>             b) Check out "system\gnome-vfs": there should be
>             "use-http-proxy" checked.
>     
>     works fine..
>     
>     cheers
>     christoph

I tried that and got it to work, eventually.  I'd done a bunch of things with gconftool-1, gconftool-2, gconf-edit, etc. and I'm not entirely sure what is both necessary and sufficient to get this to work.  Hopefully once 1.4 is out, it will be simpler to get this working on Red Hat 9.

-Mark Gordon

On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 18:57, David Mackay wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Thanks for letting me know. If you find a solution
> please let me know. I'll certainly do the same in
> return.
>
> Regards, David
>
>  --- Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com> wrote: > I've
> been trying to get it to use my proxy on Red
> > Hat 9.  I haven't had
> > any luck, either.
> > 
> > -Mark Gordon
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 03:54, David Mackay wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > I haven't recieved any takers for the query below,
> > any
> > > idea's? I would gratefully accept any input even
> > the
> > > most obvious - it might be a simple sintax error.
> > > 
> > > Thanks, David
> > > 
> > > -------------------------------------
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I've search the archives and the web on this one
> > but i
> > > cannot seem to find a workaround. I am running RH9
> > and
> > > the latest Evolution for that build. However i
> > cannot
> > > seem to get Evolution to understand (and use) my
> > > proxy. There seem to be a number of solutions i
> > have
> > > tried:
> > > 
> > > Set the proxy in Nautilus - i cannot find the
> > option
> > > suggested in the preferences window!
> > > 
> > > Use gconftool - i have tried using gconftool (and
> > -1,
> > > and -2) and all of the variables are set correctly
> > if
> > > i do a --get. I have tried http://169.254.241.254,
> > > mackaynet01 and 169.254.241.254 as the host, none
> > > work!
> > > 
> > > I have also downloaded and used a program called
> > > something like proxy-vfs-???-??? (sorry i cant
> > > remember exactly i'm at work and in Windows).
> > > 
> > > None of the above have worked thus far. Is there a
> > way
> > > i can check or clean the settings to start again?
> > I
> > > assume the use of gconftool as a user or root sets
> > the
> > > proxy for that user group? I've tried both.
> > > 
> > > Help please...............
> > > 
> > > Many thanks, David
> > > 
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