Maybe it's just me, but I can't seem to find the option to configure the Proxy servers in Trillian 5. Has that been removed?

You configure the global proxy server on the login window, which is hidden by default. You can show the login screen by doing "trillian.exe /user".

"TRILLIAN contained million viruses and blew his motherboard out" - quote by cootmaster on these forums.

That only lets me set the proxy for Trillian itself. What about a proxy for an individual service?

I'm sorry, I've been blind and completely ignoring the big "SETTINGS" button. I think I need coffee...

Thanks!

That is the global proxy setting that not only applies to Trillian, but to all the accounts you setup. Do you specifically need different proxy settings for AIM/ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, etc?

"TRILLIAN contained million viruses and blew his motherboard out" - quote by cootmaster on these forums.

I am also unable to find the global proxy settings--I need to be able to switch it on and off as I am sometimes on a VPN and sometimes not--any idea where to find it when Trillian is already running? It was readily available in 4.x on the preferences screen, but now is gone in 5...

The global proxy setting is only available at the login screen. If you need to change the global proxy you will need to exit Trillian first.

"TRILLIAN contained million viruses and blew his motherboard out" - quote by cootmaster on these forums.

We have a firewall in our office and I have entered the proxy information for the different services. They don't all work the same way and I am wondering why.

Tillian Astra uses the HTTP settings with proxy info and a username and password.

AIM, Facebook, & Google work when set to the default settings.

MSN & Yahoo won't stay connected when using HTTP or the default settings. When set to SOCKS5, they indicate connected but don't show any contacts.

Has anyone else had this problem? I am using Windows 7 Ultimate. Thank you for any advice.

One additional piece of info. Skype works with HTTPS with Proxy settings. Thanks again.

I have the same problem with xp at work.

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Perhaps it the proxy server. Do the native clients work behind the proxy?

"TRILLIAN contained million viruses and blew his motherboard out" - quote by cootmaster on these forums.

Yes, they do.

My comment was directed at kurtgunwall.

Your last post gave the impression that you found how to set the proxy per connection, and thus your issue was fixed. Are you still not able to connect?

"TRILLIAN contained million viruses and blew his motherboard out" - quote by cootmaster on these forums.

I'm sorry that I wasn't clear. Although I was able to set the the proxy settings on just the Yahoo connection, I am still not able to connect to Yahoo with the proxy enabled.

What error message(s) are you getting? Can you post the output of the status window for the Yahoo account?

"TRILLIAN contained million viruses and blew his motherboard out" - quote by cootmaster on these forums.

[12/22/2010 15:09] *** Creating connection "dsrubin2".
[12/22/2010 15:09] *** Reconnecting to YAHOO as "dsrubin2".
[12/22/2010 15:09] *** We are using a proxy of type "SOCKS4" at "im1.advisormail.net:30000" to connect.
[12/22/2010 15:09] *** We are using a proxy of type "SOCKS4" at "im1.advisormail.net:30000" to connect.
[12/22/2010 15:09] *** Error when authenticating with the Yahoo! login server: code 0.
[12/22/2010 15:09] *** You have been disconnected.

Odd. I've never seen a SOCKS proxy (either 4 or 5) use a port other than 1080.

"TRILLIAN contained million viruses and blew his motherboard out" - quote by cootmaster on these forums.

I just connected to MSN & Yahoo using another network port here in the building that does not have the same firewall security settings. As expected, I am able to connect and see my contacts when I turn off the Proxy settings in Trillian. Build 29 just self-installed so I will double check in my office tomorrow if I just might be able to connect to them behind that firewall. I am still unsure why Google talk, Skype, AIM, Astra, LinkedIn & Facebook all connect without any problems - but Yahoo & MSN are being difficult.

Forgive me for being dumb but...

When you say "by doing" what do you mean. I just upgraded my laptop from xp to Win7 and from Trillian 4x to 5x. I don't see where I set up the proxy. I logged off and at the sign in, I don't see anything.

Please advise...
Thanks

I figured it out... at the main login window, click on the "pencil" and that will take you to the proxy setup.

No offense to J.Patton's comment:

You configure the global proxy server on the login window, which is hidden by default. You can show the login screen by doing "trillian.exe /user".

But that was not clear to me what you mean by "doing "trillian.exe /user". Instead of saying "doing" perhaps suggesting to click on the pencil would of been more clear.

Again no offense.. just trying to help others..

Here it is 7 months (and countless updates) after my initial post, and still can't connect to Yahoo with a proxy enabled.

[07/18/2011 12:16] *** Reconnecting to YAHOO as "dsrubin2".
[07/18/2011 12:16] *** We are using a proxy of type "SOCKS4" at "im1.advisormail.net:30000" to connect.
[07/18/2011 12:16] *** We are using a proxy of type "SOCKS4" at "im1.advisormail.net:30000" to connect.
[07/18/2011 12:16] *** Error when authenticating with the Yahoo! login server: code 0.
[07/18/2011 12:16] *** You have been disconnected.

As before, the actual Yahoo client connects with no problems.

The instructions J.patton gave were to help users gain access to the Trillian login screen. Which at the time was hidden and not visible unless you had your computer set to not remember your password.

They were saying to modify the Trillian shortcut in Windows in that way to force Trillian to show the login screen.

Since that time an option has been added in the Preferences under Startup to display the screen or not.