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I see this has been asked before as many people have battled with this, however none of the solutions seems to work for me, or perhaps I am just doing it wrong.
Since yesterday I have been working on a new proxy network, and setting up my windows machine was easy, but I cannot for the life of me get Anaconda to connect. All the answers seem to point to .condarc file to be edited with:
`proxy_servers:
http: https://username:password#blabla.com: port
https: https://username:password#blabla.com: port
`
or some variation on the above.... I have tried just about everything, in different formats etc,to no avail.
The SysAdmin supplied the following Proxy Info:
http=xxx.xxx.xx.x:xxxx; https=xxx.xxx.xx.x:xxxx; ftp=xxx.xxx.xx.x:xxxx; socks=xxxx:XXXX
So what do I need to change and where, as I am at my wits' end with this!
Thank you in advance.
PS: Please show the format as well if the above is wrong. Note, there is no password or username.

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