[ That mail went out before I was done editing, sorry. ]
> Ok, it now looks very clearly as if curl is not at fault here. The curl
> binary (as of Cygwin last updated a few weeks ago, curl version 7.10-1)
> has no problem with the proxy when I use the
> -U user:passwd -x
> http:/some.proxy.com:1234 syntax.
>
> I reported that bug in Oct. 2001 when I worked somewhere else, and they had
> an inferior IT group. So Daniel was probably right all along -- a goofy proxy
> at that place of work

So in conclusion, my apologies for what was probably never a curl bug in the
first place. I am closing the Debian bug report with this.

Happy New Year, Dirk

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