Connect Kopete throughout a proxy (or tunneling by http)

[Programmer In Training]

On 12/26/2009 7:10 AM, Michael Solís wrote:
> Hello guys,
> 
>  I am in an university residence and all internet goes trought a proxy.
> But if I try to use Pidgin it says that there an error in the
> connection. How can I do for use Pidgin behind a proxy? I am using
> Opensuse 11.2 and Firefox, Amarok, etc work well, but pidgin don't
> 
> Moreover once I read that exist a program called proxychain which can
> tunelling connection throught http? Is that posible?
> http://proxychains.sourceforge.net/
> 
> Thanks in advance for all your help
> Bye
> 
> Michael Solís

Open up the main Pidgin window.

Tools -> Preferences -> Proxy tab

Enter in the type of proxy and the relevant details.

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