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Message-ID: <20090526100845.7ef8049b@gmx.net>
Date: 2009-05-26T08:08:45Z
From: Stefan Grosse
Subject: How R connects to the internet
In-Reply-To: <B5BA7CBCDFC54E489BDE3AAD3EF42B9202B3AD44@spzcorexch04.SYNTELORG.COM>

On Tue, 26 May 2009 12:52:16 +0530 "Menezes, Ian"
<Ian_Menezes at Syntelinc.com> wrote:

MI> I'm unable to get R to connect to the internet at work and I'm
MI> guessing its because of our proxy server. Is there any way to
MI> change how R connects to the internet? How do I provide it the
MI> proxy address?

You haven't told which operating system you use. For windows there is
the option --internet2 for the Rgui.exe that uses the proxy settings of
the explorer. 

hth
Stefan