Re: LYNX-DEV Proxy with Lynx under Unix

[Tom Zerucha]

On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Alexander Gleyzer wrote:

> Hi!
> I was told I could refer to you a question about Lynx.
> 
> I'm working under the Unix OS. I'm using Lynx for browsing HTTP
> files. The question is this: Can I work through a particular Proxy
> server with Lynx in order to improve the speed and the performance
> of my "netting"?
> 
> I'd appreciate if you could tell me specifically how I do it,
> in detail, since I'm not that familiar with Unix and with Lynx also.

In the lynx.cfg file (or as environment variables, RTM) you can specify
something like http_proxy:http://proxy.server.com:12345.  This is very
close to what you would specify for netscape or other browsers.

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