On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > I am not a Windows user, but on UNIX systems the format of http_proxy and > https_proxy is: > > http://proxyname:3128/ > > being the proxy hostname and port number respectively. You're saying: > > proxyname:8080 > > instead. (Note, https_proxy _also_ starts with "http:", not "https:" because > the communication with the proxy is HTTP.) > > Try the longer form. And ensure you have the port number right; proxies do > not normally listen on port 80; they tend to listen on port 3128 or 8080.
These tips may help. (Though on Windows, where port 80 requires no special privileges, it's more likely for a proxy to use that than it is under Unix. So it's entirely possible it is actually on 80.) But what I'm seeing is a problem with environment variable setting in the first place - or else a transcription problem in the original post. Try this: set http_proxy=proxy name:80 If that doesn't work,*copy and paste* what you're doing and what happens when you do. Include the prompt, the command, and its output. That'll make it easier for us to figure out what's going on. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
