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.\" * $Id$
.\" **************************************************************************
.\"
-.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "12 May 2005" "libcurl 7.14.0" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "24 Jun 2005" "libcurl 7.14.1" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl_easy_setopt - set options for a curl easy handle
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ unless you tunnel through the HTTP proxy. Such tunneling is activated with
\fBNOTE2:\fP libcurl respects the environment variables \fBhttp_proxy\fP,
\fBftp_proxy\fP, \fBall_proxy\fP etc, if any of those is set.
+
+Starting with 7.14.1, the proxy host string can be specified the exact same
+way as the proxy environment variables, include protocol prefix (http://) and
+embedded user + password.
.IP CURLOPT_PROXYPORT
Pass a long with this option to set the proxy port to connect to unless it is
specified in the proxy string \fICURLOPT_PROXY\fP.