Re: Q: Are there local .pac files possible?

Mannomann Berlin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to configure my proxy settings with a local .pac file. That 
> doesn't seem to work with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; 
> de-DE; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030619 Netscape/7.1 (ax).
> 
> With Netscape 4.7x, there was no problem. Do I really have to configure 
> a http service for that? If yes, is there a recommendation for that 
> (howto's, freeware, ...)?

I use a local .pac file for my proxy set up, and there's nothing special 
needed - you just put a file: URL in the box pointing to the file. For 
example, mine is set to the following:

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/James/My%20Documents/CompSoc/Warwick.pac

That's all there is to it.

HTH.

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