Technical difficulties

[jaala]

As I said before, I have successfully configured my browser (and Semagic, incidentally) to use the webproxy. The problem is that now I am unable to connect the MSN Messenger module in Trillian. I downloaded the actual MSN/Windows Messenger and tried to log in again; it said I was using the wrong password. I went to the Microsoft Passport and MSN homepages and both allowed me to log in with no problems.

Then I guessed that the proxy was the problem, set Messenger's options to "I use a proxy server" and entered the appropriate information (SOCKS version 5, webproxy.queensu.ca, 8080) but it said, "Unable to connect to the SOCKS proxy server." I tried setting it to SOCKS version 4 or HTTP, to no avail. I tried all the same measures with Trillian, first applying the proxy settings to all connections and then only to MSN. The other IM services all work fine no matter which setting I use, but MSN obstinately refuses to connect. Grr.

Any suggestions?

(Yes, I'm going to bed now. I've mucked about with this long enough.)

Comments

[echomyst.livejournal.com]

I can use Queen's proxy with Trillian. MSN connects with no problems. I'm even behind a firewall with only a couple of port ranges open for BT and Yahoo webcam.

Hmm... maybe it's because I always switch to Queen's webproxy after I've already logged onto Trillian? But it'd still disconnect after a while if it's the webproxy's problem... (as well, you can connect to MSN on campus computers, so their proxy can't be the prob, can it?)

[echomyst.livejournal.com]

anyway, maybe try doing what I do... switch to the proxy server only when needed. takes only a couple of secs to switch over =)