--- SlimServer_v2004-04-26/Slim/Utils/Prefs.pm	2004-04-26 17:26:07.000000000 +0100
+++ slimserver/Slim/Utils/Prefs.pm	2004-04-26 20:38:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@
 		my $newvalue = shift;
 		Slim::Web::History::adjustHistoryLength();
 	}
+    ,'webproxy' => sub {
+		my $newvalue = shift;
+		$ENV{HTTP_PROXY} = "http://".$newvalue;
+	}
 );
 
 # Some routines to add and remove preference change handlers
@@ -661,6 +665,9 @@
 		}
 		close(NUPREFS);	
 	}
+
+    # configure http proxy
+    $ENV{HTTP_PROXY} = "http://".$prefs{webproxy};
 	
 	# see if we can write out the real prefs file
 	$canWrite = (-e prefsFile() && -w prefsFile()) || (-w preferencesPath());