[Re: [JDEV] Questions on groupchat and yahoo transport..]

[V.V.Srikanth]

Keith Minkler <keith at digix.dyndns.org> wrote:
> please see below for my responces...
> > Yahoo-transport question:
> > 
> > Yahoo-transport has also been installed on the system but I connect to
the
> > internet through a proxy. The connection fails as the request is unable
to
> > reach the yahoo host. Is there a way of telling yahoo transport to
connect
> > through a proxy (say through yahoo_trans.xml)?
> 
> hrmm.. you can try compiling yahoo-transport with a -DHAVE_SOCKS4 flag..
this will tell yahoolib to use SOCKS4 to connect to the yahoo servers.. all
the SOCKS4 stuff are setup in environment variables.. check www.socks.nec.com
for details.. I am not sure if this works.. if it does, or if you get it to
work, please let me know.. I know there are other people who would like this
functionality as well, and I don't have a socks server to play with.

Thanks Keith. But I use a http proxy (an Apache 1.3.6 server on port 80) to
connect to the net. Is there a similar flag for a http proxy? I can try it out
and let you know. 

BTW, I'm pretty new to Linux world. Does compiling yahoo-transport with the
required flag involve adding it to CFLAGS entry in Makefile.am?

Thanks again.

Srikanth



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