On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, 18803307 wrote:

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> curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5);
>
> curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, ProxyStr.c_str());
> curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);
>
> if the proxy is not valid,it should be wait a lot of time to execute.

Known bug #12 mentions that there are still timeout related issues left to fix
with SOCKS proxies: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/knownbugs.html

We will of course appreciate all help we can get to fix this.

> btw, I saw the log
>
> Fixed in 7.16.0 - October 30 2006
>
> SOCKS5 proxy connects can now time-out
>
> im confused now. need ur help. thanks

... and you didn't mention which libcurl version you're using nor on which
platform or anything.

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  / daniel.haxx.se
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