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Special Forums Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions msn messenger behind a firewall Post 25498 by sweatytrout on Wednesday 31st of July 2002 10:00:32 AM
Old 07-31-2002
I think you are able to configure MSN to go through the firewall on Port 80. From the tools menu select Options and go to the Connections tab. Fill in the proxy information and you should be set.

If you need the proxy information open Internet Explorer and from the Tools menu select Internet Options go to the Connections tab and click the LAN Settings button and copy the info under the proxy server section. If you are not running IE there should be a similar process under Netscape/Mozilla/Opera/Whatever...
 

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gnome-network-preferences

gnome-network-preferences(1)					   User Commands				      gnome-network-preferences(1)

NAME

       gnome-network-preferences - configure network proxy

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-network-preferences [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  Network  Proxy preference tool enables you to configure how your system connects to networks. You can configure the desktop to connect
       to a proxy server, and specify the details of the proxy server. A proxy server is a server that intercepts requests to another server,  and
       fulfills the request itself, if it can. You can enter the Domain Name Service (DNS) name or the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the proxy
       server.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching the Network Proxy preference tool

       example% gnome-network-preferences

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-network-pExecutable for Network Proxy preferences tool

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	     ATTRIBUTE VALUE	    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Preference Tools Manual

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.10							    2 Oct 2003					      gnome-network-preferences(1)
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