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On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 2:31 AM, Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> wrote:
> If you wind up needing a proxy, you have to open an account with them, and
> make the arrangements.  I've enabled a proxy for my machine when it was
> necessary, but have no idea how to program it;  it also may vary depending
> on the proxy server.

I know how to program one, and it's not difficult. However, I'm
sitting tight on this one until I hear some legit justification for
this, especially given that the traffic from the proxy to the
destination server won't be encrypted.

ChrisA