563658 - SOCKS timeout is not configurable.TB does not respect HTTP proxy.Makes direct connections.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 264981

(MailNews Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

[ind]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3
Build Identifier: TB latest

There is no option to configure socks proxy timeout interval in TB.
ALSO TB trys to make direct connection when set up to use only http proxy.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.set up a http proxy
2.advance only fill http and ssl fields, leave socks alone
3.Get a decent firewall and set to inform you if TB makes connections.
Actual Results:  
TB tries to make a direct connection when set up to use http proxy
THERE is NO option to configure SOCKS timeout interval.

Expected Results:  
TB should use the HTTP proxy
THere should be an option to set up a SOCKs timeout interval.

Comment 1

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This is one bug about http proxy and one so called request about making an option that gives the users to set up SOCKS timeout interval.

Comment 2

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

is the issue also present in Ff ?

Comment 3

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No Firefox works fine with https proxy.It respects them

Comment 4

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

It seems that SOCKS timeouts were added by bug 280661. Bug 264981 is about supporting proxies over HTTP CONNECT.