Re: AOL Access Through Proxy

From: <carson@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 00:42:04 -0400 (EDT)

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Pelletier <mikep@comshare.com> writes:

Michael> On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, K.K. Ng wrote:

Michael> Since there's no way to change the hostname and port that AOL tries to
Michael> contact, as is possible with the CompuServe client, there's no direct way
Michael> to point it through a firewall. We resorted to using the SOCKS system and
Michael> the SocksCap32 wrapper for the AOL client.

Not. Edit your AOL config file and change the hostname. Just because the GUI
doesn't let you do it, doesn't mean it can't be done.

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