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 In article <833832432snz@bertste.demon.co.uk>
  slider@bertste.demon.co.uk (Other World) said:-

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>-- 
>I went to http://www.unn.ac.uk/~cju920/
>
>and then clicked on the download option but clicking on www130.ZIP
>down loads nothing....but
>
>I then opened the URL and added /www131.zip to the end of the
>string and I got 900k of CAB 1.31 inabout 15 minutes.
>
>So I now have the 1.31 and it does indeed suppport forms, and it's
>pretty fast too:-)
>
>But what is all this server/proxy stuff? I understand the 
>HTTP proxy server which is www-cashe.demon.co.uk.

EMAIL is the return address for email replies, 
slider@bertste.demon.co.uk for instance.

SMTP_HOST is the smtp server name - ask your provider for this but as 
you are with demon I can tell you it is post.demon.co.uk

Both are required to support "mailto" and of course other stuff which 
may appear which requires smtp services.

>But why are the other proxy servers there and what is the use
>of SMTP and NNTP proxy servers...does CAB do email and news
>or are these for future incarnations of STiK?

The only real proxy server is the HTTP_PROXY one. The others are hosts 
(machines) to which you need to connect to obtain the service you 
need.

The http proxy is supposed to give you faster access. The proxy 
machine at demon stores oodles of web pages. When you connect to one 
it has stored, it can send it straight away. Even if it hasnt got the 
page it probably has access to a high capacity line so can obtain it 
faster than Cab could on its own.

With every solution there are problems - if the proxy server breaks 
(which it can and does do) then Cab will just sit there giving another 
example of the Receiving 0 bytes "bug", or occasionally Resolving 
host. Naturally, Cab gets the blame for this but it is blameless. The 
only way to find out is to remove the proxy lines, reconnect and try 
again.


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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk