On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 10:37:11AM +0800, Soh Kok Hong wrote: >Hi, > >Thank you for your help. I found that using the "Use IE5 Settings" >connection mode works. Performing a packet trace shows that this mode >adds a bit more text in the HTTP transactions: > >GET /cygwin/mirrors.lst HTTP/1.1\r\n >If-Modified-Since: <deleted>\r\n >If-None-Match: <deleted>\r\n >User-Agent: Cygwin Setup\r\n >Host: sources.redhat.com\r\n >Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n >\r\n > >My question would be why offer "Direct Connection" if it is not going to >work?
It *does* work. It works for thousands of people. If it doesn't work for you don't automatically assume that it is broken. -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and be permanently blocked from mailing lists at sources.redhat.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
