Hi I got the same problem, but I use the following script to set some environment variables and everything works well, for me. #!/bin/tcsh # wget proxy settings setenv http_proxy "http://webproxy.is.finanzit.sko.de:8081"; setenv https_proxy "http://webproxy.is.finanzit.sko.de:8081"; setenv ftp_proxy "http://webproxy.is.finanzit.sko.de:8081"; setenv no_proxy "finanzit.sko.de,dvg.sko.de"; setenv RSYNC_PROXY "webproxy.is.finanzit.sko.de:8081"; #setenv FTPMODE "gate"; #setenv FTPSERVER "ftpproxy.is.finanzit.sko.de"; # curl proxy settings setenv HTTPS_PROXY "https://webproxy.is.finanzit.sko.de:8081"; setenv FTP_PROXY "http://webproxy.is.finanzit.sko.de:8081"; # rehash # /bin/tcsh webproxy.proxy.de:8081 is the proxy I used, this must be changed to a appropriate value. I don't know what's going on, but sometimes ..._PROXY or ..._proxy is used, also I set both all the time. By, Lutz