Hi Neil, you wrote:

 > > I downloaded it, unzipped it, ran it and it worked immediately.
 > > Congratulations with a well done job!
 > 
 > blimey! most congrats should go to markus of course.

So be it: Well done Markus!!!

 > > What is the correct syntax for configuring the proxy-server?
 > > I have tried both
 > > 
 > > http://<proxy-server>:<port-number>      and
 > > <proxy-server>:<port-number>
 > 
 > select preferences and go to advanced->proxies->manual proxy
 > configuration. this allwos things to be typed in. it does on ns4 anyway,
 > i think mozilla has the same interface.

Oooops, I thought I knew how to configure the proxy-server. 
What I did was to fill in the auto-proxy setup configuration location
with the proxy-server-name. I wonder what that means :-)
(Don't answer, I know it already!!! Why don't I just read the text :-)

Regards
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Ib-Michael Martinsen
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