[KLUG Members] IPcop Proxy Quirk

[Adam Williams]

> I was forwarded to this list from the greater lansing linux users group.
> =)
> I searched through the archives on the site but didn't hit anything that
> seems to help me much...
> I have an IPcop setup at the library I work at.  I went to setup a small
> network for patrons to use their laptops on, so that don't have to enter
> our city's proxy settings to use the internet.
> I have our proxy address & port enabled on the proxy GUI w/ transparent
> enabled.
> for the red network i am using a static IP, and our gateway and no DNS
> servers entered.
> All web pages work *except* web mail applications...hotmail, yahoo, etc.

Mmmm, what version of Squid is your ipCop box using?

> I have only encountered one other IPcop user who is having the same
> exact problem I am, and he lives in Austrailia. =)  So we have been
> working together for a while, but he has given up and gone back to
> Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing. =(
> Does anyone have any input or ideas?  

I assume all the Laptops are running Windows?  All the same version of
IE?  Can you try with a copy of Mozilla or really old version of IE? 
This may have to do with some Microsoft WebDAV extensions that newer
versions of IE enable what speaking with some sites.  These WebDAV
extensions usually produce malformed URL messages in the Squid logs when
using 2.4.  With 2.5 these sites works just dandy.

> Or am I just doomed?

Yes, but that is beside the point.