[Gaim-devel] Re: Issue with proxied HTTP connections

[Erik C. <e.c...@sm...>]

Hello all,

I have now unsubscribed from this list but for future reference:

I am now able to connect to the aol messaging server with gaim by
opening a http tunnel through my web proxy server. There is a product
called your-freedom (www.your-freedom.net) which runs as a java applet
(.jar file) which I can run on my Debian/PPC system with the IBM JRE.

In case somebody else asks this question, at least now a solution is
posted on the list.

Feel free to email me erik dot chakravarty at sms dot ac dot uk if
anyone needs setup pointers.

Thanks 

Erik



On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 06:00, Erik Chakravarty wrote:
> I am situated behind an HTTP proxy, which I cannot seem to be able to
> configure gaim to connect through.
> 
> Windoze and OSX AIM clients connect fine when proxy settings are
> configured, but gaim just reports an error: "Access denied: proxy server
> forbids port 5190 tunneling".
> 
> When I try to connect to login.oscar.aol.com on port 80, gaim reports
> that my screen name has been sent, but there is no activity after that.
> 
> Trying to connect over SSL (port 443) produces a "proxy connection error
> 503" message.
> 
> I'm on a Debian/PPC (sarge) machnine. Have you any idea why running AIM
> clients on OSX/Windows works but not with gaim on GNU/Linux? All other
> web services work fine. Version is 1.0.2-1.
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