From: jacob <jacob@cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:34:27 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Note lack of proxy auto-detection.
X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/commitdiff_plain/b4e54c852782585f17b23c1b2b7842917fd218b0

Note lack of proxy auto-detection.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@7648 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e
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diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but
index 5f74a2cf..c573bc0a 100644
--- a/doc/config.but
+++ b/doc/config.but
@@ -1801,6 +1801,11 @@ this panel affect the primary network connection forming your PuTTY
 session, and also any extra connections made as a result of SSH \i{port
 forwarding} (see \k{using-port-forwarding}).
 
+Note that unlike some software (such as web browsers), PuTTY does not
+attempt to automatically determine whether to use a proxy and (if so)
+which one to use for a given destination. If you need to use a proxy,
+it must always be explicitly configured.
+
 \S{config-proxy-type} Setting the proxy type
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{proxy.type}