Ytzhak Levy wrote: > Some users are trying to access yours hotmail account via http access by > outlook express. > > Squid requires authentication. > > OE does'nt has any field to insert login and password to access squid. > Thus, I make two acls: > > # login name of the users that need to access hotmail by OE > acl OE_USERS proxy_auth "/squid/etc/OE.users" > > # address accessed by outlook to fetch emails - actually the url: > # http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp > acl HM_SERVER dstdomain .msn.com > > allowing access: > > http_access allow OE_USERS HM_SERVER > > but OE still tells that squid is asking for a authenticated access. > > what is wrong ? You are still requiring authentication. Remove the OE_USERS acl and have just "http_access allow HM_SERVER" before any http_access lines that use proxy_auth acls. This will allow access to Hotmail without authentication. Adam