Dear Mr. Yutaka,
  Thanks for your reply. I tried to run DeleGate as you have suggested --

dgX_X_X.exe -v -P119 SERVER=nntp://server SSLTUNNEL=pxhost:port
ADMIN=mukul.gandhi@siemens.. 

In my News Reader, I set Server settings as --
Server name - host (*where DeleGate is running*)
Port - 119

When from the news reader, *I give the command "subscribe"  (to Newsgroup)*,
I get the following trace on DeleGate window --

(WIN) 10:50 [275] spawn() = 148 [272], children(alive=1,total=1)
09/24 09:40:51.14 [272] 1+0: (0) accepted [17]
-@[132.186.198.95]delglp144:1251
(0.972s)(1)
09/24 09:40:51.14 [272] 1+0: PATH: nntp://server:119!delglp144:11
9!delglp144:1251!anonymous@delglp144;1064376651
09/24 09:40:51.16 [272] 1+0: SSLtunnel connected [20] {132.186.198.3:7070 <-
132
.186.198.95:1256} [0.000s]
09/24 09:40:51.16 [272] 1+0: SSL-TUNNEL<< server:119
09/24 09:40:53.80 [272] 1+0: SSL-TUNNEL>> HTTP/1.0 407 Proxy Authentication
Requ
ired^M
09/24 09:40:53.80 [272] 1+0: ConnectToServer: DFLT=nntp://server:
119 REAL=://:0
09/24 09:41:38.92 [272] 1+0: [20] ConnectToServer connect failed
207.25.253.14:1
19 [45.11s] errno=10060
09/24 09:41:46.21 [272] 1+0: ERROR: cannot connect to nntp://server:119 - -1
09/24 09:41:46.21 [272] 1+0: E-C: Can't connect: delglp144:1251 =>
nntp://server (timeout)
(WIN) 11:46 [272] spawn() = 200 [163], children(alive=1,total=1)
09/24 09:41:46.24 [163] 0+0: **** cache-only proxy server for
nntp://server:119
09/24 09:41:46.24 [272] 1+0: NNTP-LOGIN; from=delglp144; to=server:119;
ACCEPTED
09/24 09:41:46.81 [272] 1+0: FQDN: server
09/24 09:41:46.81 [272] 1+0: [0] newServer = nntp://server:119
09/24 09:41:46.81 [272] 1+0: islocal = 1
(WIN) 11:46 [272] fchmod(21,81f6) not available.
09/24 09:41:46.81 [272] 1+0: setLISTcache: private=1 created=1 TIMEOFF=0
09/24 09:41:46.81 [272] 1+0: [0][0] = <=> nntp://:@server:119/
09/24 09:41:46.81 [272] 1+0: MOUNT[0] server[1]
09/24 09:41:46.81 [272] 1+0: MOUNT[0] server[1] rw
09/24 09:41:46.81 [272] 1+0: #### no authorization required
09/24 09:41:47.42 [272] 1+0: ## S-C 200 cache-only proxy NNTP/DeleGate^M
09/24 09:41:47.42 [272] 1+0: DO_INIT
09/24 09:41:47.42 [272] 1+0: getting HELP from server...
09/24 09:41:47.47 [272] 1+0: ## S-C 436 [HELP] not available temporarily
[][]
09/24 09:41:47.48 [272] 1+0: ## S-C 436 [LIST] not available temporarily
[][]
09/24 09:41:47.48 [272] 1+0: without LIST ACTIVE [wildmat]: 436
09/24 09:41:47.48 [272] 1+0: checking pathhost of server in junk.
..
09/24 09:41:47.48 [272] 1+0: ## S-C 436 [GROUP] not available temporarily
[][]
09/24 09:41:47.48 [272] 1+0: checking pathhost of server in contr
ol...
09/24 09:41:47.48 [272] 1+0: ## S-C 436 [GROUP] not available temporarily
[][]
09/24 09:41:47.50 [272] 1+0/1: LIST: [0] age=1/300,600 size=0 last=-1
[priv=1 to
ff=0 omtm=0]
09/24 09:41:47.50 [272] 1+0/1: ## S-C 436 [LIST] not available temporarily
[][MO
DE READER]
09/24 09:41:47.50 [272] 1+0/1: LIST: [0] ERROR: 436 [LIST] not available
tempora
rily^M
09/24 09:41:47.50 [272] 1+0/1: LIST: put 0 bytes, FATAL=1 RESP=436 [LIST]
not av
ailable temporarily^M

It seems *SSLTUNNEL is working on my HTTP proxy*. But my *proxy server
requires a user-id and password*. The DeleGate trace also shows --
09/24 09:40:53.80 [272] 1+0: SSL-TUNNEL>> HTTP/1.0 407 Proxy Authentication
Required

Can you please tell how can I give user-id and password of my HTTP Proxy to
DeleGate?

Hoping for your reply..

Regards,
Mukul


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	feedback@delegate.org [SMTP:feedback@delegate.org]
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 24, 2003 2:37 AM
> To:	feedback@delegate.org
> Cc:	Gandhi Mukul
> Subject:	Re: [DeleGate-En:2399] NNTP access via a HTTP -- FTP proxy
> 
> In message <_A2400@delegate-en.ML_>
> on 09/10/03(21:54:34)
> you Gandhi Mukul <plmeqbdyi-q45w4po3rja6.ml@delegate.org> wrote:
>  |   I am running DeleGate on a Windows NT 4.0 Workstation. I run DeleGate
> by
>  |double clicking dg8_6_5.exe which I downloaded from delegate.org. Below
> are
>  |the questions asked by DeleGate --
> 
> I wish if you read a little of tutorial.htm or Manual.htm ...
> <URL:http://www.delegate.org/delegate/tutorial/>
> <URL:http://www.delegate.org/delegate/Manual.htm>
> 
> An example to relay NNTP protocol by DeleGate via a HTTP proxy
> (running at pxhost:port) is as follows:
> 
>   dgX_X_X.exe -v -P119 SERVER=nntp://server SSLTUNNEL=pxhost:port
> ADMIN=you
> 
> 
>  |1) Do configuration y / [n]:   I answer -- y , and the next screen
> comes..
> 
> The interface is just a tentative and obsolete and I've never explained
> nor recommended it to be used.
> 
> Cheers,
> Yutaka
> --
>   @ @ Yutaka Sato <y.sato@delegate.org> http://www.delegate.org/y.sato/
>  ( - ) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
> (AIST)
> _<   >_ 1-1-4 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568 Japan
> Do the more with the less -- B. Fuller