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Didier Verna <didier@epita.fr> writes:

> [ About proxies that use a username and password ]
> 
> wmperry@aventail.com (William M. Perry) wrote:
> 
> > No, it doesn't understand that format, but it should prompt you for your
> > proxy credentails when the proxy server gripes at you.  Besides, putting
> > your password in a URL in the environment is ummm, bad, and stuff. :)
> 
>                 I know :-)
> 
> Actually, it does indeed prompt me for the password, but when invoked
> with w3-fetch. The problem I have is with the picons network retreival in
> Gnus. It hangs and never retreive anything. Without any former queries to
> w3, I was expecting to be asked for the proxy password by gnus (or w3)
> for the first picons retreival, but nothing happens. Any idea ?

Could you set debug-on-quit and see where it is hanging when you interrupt
the picons stuff?

-bp