To answer my own questions... always_direct accepts only one acl entry per line. This is findable in the Squid Config Manual available by following the links from the www.squid-cache.org documentation page. If you are configuring a squid proxy that sits behind another proxy (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80) you cannot have hierarchy_stoplist or always_direct in your configuration, as you don't have the "go directly to" option of routing. I am still having some small difficulties with posting to PHP based websites, yahoo mail, etc, but I believe that is a time-out related issue. Are there any configuration oddness for connecting squid->squid-> yahoo that anyone is aware of? Thanks, SeaGROL
