[EMBOSS] Negotiating a proxy server

[Peter Rice]

Dear Pierre

Pierre Scotney wrote:
> This problem is compounded by the fact that I have to access the 
> internet via a proxy server which I have SET emboss_proxy 
> "myproxyserver:8080" in the emboss.default file.  The problem is the 
> proxy server normally requires a username and password (which works for 
> the Galeon browser).  Who can I get EMBOSS to issue a username and 
> password to the proxy server for authentification?

Sorry, that is not yet in EMBOSS. We do know how to do it, but there has 
been very little demand so it was not implemented. I will try to test it 
and send you an update to try.

regards,

Peter Rice