(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #0) > > There's several bouncers that > > support socks or by addition of a custom command "CONNECT" in the IRC > > protocol that is used for selecting the target network that should be > > used. > > Support for these would require use of a non-system-wide proxy.
For the SOCKS case, Bug #70333 outlines one possible way to achieve that. I don't think any of the Telepathy maintainers are likely to implement that any time soon, but I'd review patches. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304889 Title: Does not use system proxy settings Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Invalid Status in Jabber/XMPP connection manager: Confirmed Status in Telepathy Haze: Confirmed Status in A full-featured IRC connection manager for telepathy.: Confirmed Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “empathy” source package in Lucid: Invalid Status in “empathy” package in Unity Linux: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: empathy Empathy wont connect to any major service trough a proxy. I've tried Google Talk, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo. I set the proxy preferences in GNOME, it's a plain proxy for all protocols, without authentication. Pidgin works normally in the same setup. Ubuntu 8.10, Empathy 2.24.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/304889/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
