Re: proxies heeeeelp!!!

Can you connect to the internet at all in Linux?  Cause the Uni might be 
blocking connections from anything except windows boxes.

---------- On Wednesday, March 05, 2003 07:37:44 AM +0200, papoutsakia 
<[email protected]> wrote: ----------
> Hi,
>
> I am a new member of EB and I really need your help, I just moved to the
> university's halls and I am forced to use the network, with all the
> constrictions that this means. I use Linux RH  7.2 and I want to connect
> back to the world, but the uni doesn't allow me too. It's kind of
> strange, but even though MSN works fine in windows, I can't seem to make
> anything else work for my linux. Aaaaaargh I have tried Gaim, amsn, kmess
> and now I turn to you guys! I read that EB supports HTTP proxies , but it
> doesn't seem to work for me. Everytime I try to get online it just says,
> chatroom not found, closed connection with socket 7,  and I don't need to
> be an expert to figure out what this means... Anyway guys pleaaaaaaase is
> there anything you can say to help me out on this? By the way the uni
> does not allow SSL connections, so please don't tell me that EB works
> also with HTTPS... Anyway if there is no hope from EB, do you know of any
> other program that might do for me? Or any other way? I need all the help
> you can give me and any feedback is really appreciated ... these
> restrictions are just driving me crazy! And to think that universities
> are places where there is "freedom" of mind and expression.... I'll try
> to remember that next time... Thanks again ....
> All the best,
> Marina
> _______________________________________________
> Everybuddy mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://lists.spine.cx/listinfo/everybuddy

---------- End Quoted Message ----------

----------
Adam Wolfe Gordon
Email: [email protected]
Alternate Email: [email protected]
Public Key: http://www.adamwg.tk/

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

iD8DBQE+ZqRPiXCoat5p4XsRAjq5AJ9pSaGT4EizP8g/xDGeRVw4LaCSpACcCMqx
n028sXdfVta+mvS8t/pNBJU=
=japn
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----