I believe that the Bioperl objects all rest on the LWP module, so you should be able to use the proxy configs as indicated on the LWP manpage. That is, if you (under tcsh, others will need transliteration): setenv http_proxy "http://poxy.machine.tld:port/" you might have a working system. It is generally recommended that you read the LWP::UserAgent manpage. Joe -----Forwarded Message----- From: Jan Torleif Pedersen <JATP at lundbeck.com> To: 'bio_bulletin_board at bioinformatics.org' <bio_bulletin_board at bioinformatics.org> Subject: [BiO BB] BioPerl : How to configure proxy ebhind firewall Date: 05 Jul 2002 14:47:28 +0200 Greetings, I am attempting to set up BioPerl and I am wondering how one can set up a general default firewall configuration for all the perl modules. I dont know if this is possible or if this has to be done in all calling scripts independently. If anyone has experience - please let me have a solution.... Regards -- Jan Dr. Jan T. Pedersen Dep. of Molecular Genetics H. Lundbeck A/S Ottiliavej 9, 2500 Valby Denmark email: jatp at lundbeck.com phone: +45 36 30 13 11 FAX : +45 36 30 13 85 _______________________________________________ BiO_Bulletin_Board maillist - BiO_Bulletin_Board at bioinformatics.org http://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bio_bulletin_board -- Joe Landman, email: landman at scientificappliance.com web : http://scientificappliance.com