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Proxy servers are a special type of web server; they're often used in conjunction with security firewalls, providing computers behind the firewall with protected access to the Internet outside. You should only change your proxy preferences if you're advised to do so by your network administrator; entering an invalid configuration will prevent OmniWeb from being able to access the Internet.
Advanced configuration OmniWeb allows you to have very complex proxy configurations if needed; you can have an unrestricted number of proxy servers, with rules specifying which servers are used for which protocols or destinations. You can add additional proxy servers by clicking the + button below the Proxy Server URL table. For each server, the Protocols and Destinations tables lists the protocols and destinations for which the server will be used. If a proxy server has no entries in its Protocols table, that server will be used for all protocols -- likewise for the Destinations table. Note that OmniWeb scans the Proxy Server URL list from top to bottom until it finds a proxy server than can handle the protocol and destination of the URL it's trying to fetch. Thus, proxy servers that handle all protocols or destinations should be listed after servers that handle specific protocols or destinations.
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