From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 15:40:18 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Netscape & open NNTP servers
In-Reply-To: <199601250101.RAA01312@infinity.c2.org>
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Stephen Albert wrote:
> I've got a question that I feel like I *should* know the answer to, but don't.
> 
> Say I configure Netscape to point through an open http proxy, and then connect t
> an open NNTP server.  I don't know much about how proxies work.  Does the NNTP
> connection go through the proxy or directly from my machine?  As I understand it
> if it does the first, then I don't have to worry about the NNTP server's log
> file, if any.  But if it does the second, I do.

  I believe that it will use a SOCKS proxy if configured, but that
NNTP will not use the HTTP proxy.

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.