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On Fri, 10 Dec 1999 17:59:45 +0000, Paul Richards 
                 <pauldoo@dunvegan1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi,
>I have a dialup box and just for fun I'm thinking of setting up a
>http/ftp proxy server.  It would be partly usefull in that I would have
>an inter-user web-cache.  I have a few questions though:
>
>If I download something then cancel, will the proxy server thing stop
>downloading too?

If you're using squid (which I am, having now dumped wwwoffle), then
this is configurable based on the percentage downloaded.  ISTR that the
default is to cancel the download regardless of the percentage.

>Does the proxy send the file to the browser as it's being downloaded or
>does it sent it to the browser once the whole file is done?

Based on observing downloads of large files via squid, it passes on what
it's got as it gets it.

>Can I get my proxy to use my ISP's web-cache?

With squid - yes definately - again, it's a function of the
configuration file - infact you can setup cascading servers, IYSWIM.

HTH

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Pete

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