Detailed proxy servers FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about free proxy servers:

Proxy FAQ for beginners:

1. What is a proxy server?
2. Why I need to use proxy servers?
3. How to setup my browser to use proxy?
4. What is an anonymous proxy server?
5. What is a free proxy server?
6. Proxies Classification for "Dummies"
7. Where to get and how to check proxy lists?
8. Is the "anonymous proxy" I came across on the Internet really an anonymous one?
9. Can a proxy make me anonymous to HotMail, Yahoo! Mail, etc, so that I can send anonymous e-mail?
10. I have downloaded a free proxy server, but proxy doesn’t work, though it’s a successfully tested. What could be the reason?
11. How to bypass a corporate proxy server?

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Proxy FAQ for advanced users:

1. Details about features of proxy (what can and what cannot proxy server)
2. About proxy types:
   • Proxy types comparsion table: HTTP, SOCKS and CGI proxy (anonymizers).
   • What is HTTP proxy server?
   • What is a SOCKS proxy server?
   • What is CGI proxy (anonymizer)?
3. Proxy anonymity:
   • Proxy anonymity (transparent / anonymous / distorting / elite proxies)
   • Check your proxy for anonymity or what can be known about you in the Internet.
   • Anti-proxy: how to detect your IP if you are using an anonymous proxy?
4. Proxy chaining:
   • What is proxy chaining (proxy to proxy)
   • How to create proxy chaining?
5. E-mail and proxy:
   • Sending and receiving e-mail through a proxy server
   • How to check / send e-mail (in Outlook, Messenger, Pegasus, The BAT!, etc.) through proxy server?
6. FTP through a proxy server: problems and solutions
7. The program is not able to work with proxy. What should I do?
8. Tunneling of SOCKS requests through HTTP proxy
9. Socksification of programs
10. How to configure my browser in order to use WPAD?
11. What is Proxy Auto-Config file (PAC)?

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