i always set my shell environment variables http_proxy and ftp_proxy and it works for apt-get. not sure about the behavior of exim and fetchmail though.
jason > > Hello gurus. > > Can anybody point to where I can find information about > configuring apt-get, fetchmail, and exim to connect through a > proxy server? > > Thanks > > Gil Elad > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >