& if you do the below & figure it out, let us know! (have you looked on http://kb.mozillazine.org yet? best place for firefox/thunderbird info on the net)
scott On 9 Nov 2006, at 8:55 AM, Scott Granneman wrote: > or, open up a blank tab & type in the address bar: > > about:config > > then filter for "proxy" > > those are your settings for proxies. > > now, do that before and after you set a proxy. > > now you know what you need to configure. > > put those settings into the user.js file in each user's profile. > > boom! you're done! > > (if you need help with the layout of the user.js file, let me > know ... attached is mine, for instance). > > scott > > On 9 Nov 2006, at 12:24 AM, Robert Citek wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Is there a way to autoconfigure Firefox to use an http-proxy? >> >> At ByteWorks, all the browsers are configured for direct access to >> the >> web. This unfortunately means that when we instruct students to >> visit a >> website, they all hit the same website and download the same data >> at the >> same time, which slows everyone down. So, we recently set up >> squid to >> proxy http requests. Is there an easy way to tell all the >> browsers to >> now use the proxy server (e.g. via DHCP or DNS), or do we have to >> configure Firefox manually? A google search finds mostly pages >> explaining how to manually configure browsers to use a proxy, so I >> guessing it's a manual process. >> >> Regards, >> - Robert >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CWE-LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.cwelug.org/ >> http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ >> http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > > R. Scott Granneman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com > Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications > My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books > Read the Download Squad Blog @ http://www.downloadsquad.com > > "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what > you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve." > ---George W. Bush speaking during "Perseverance Month" at > Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H (Los Angeles Times, > Jan. 28, 2000) > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books Read the Download Squad Blog @ http://www.downloadsquad.com "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve." ---George W. Bush speaking during "Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H (Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000) _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
