> Unfortunately, no (not something I can change either). That seems odd. It seems like this would be something they would want to change. > > I can't think of any program that copes with some proxy and some > > non-proxy connections. > > Lots do. Mozilla, Netscape, IE, and most other web browsers let you say "use > a proxy, but access this white list directly", for example > ok can you name any program OTHER than a webbrowser? I'm just wondering how obscure this is. -sv