export ftp_proxy=proxyuserid:proxypass@ftpproxy.foo.com:21
export http_proxy=http://proxyuserid:proxypass@httpproxy.foo.com:9090

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# ncftpget proxy settings; put in ~/.ncftp/firewall
# ftp only
firewall-type=2
firewall-host=hostname.com
firewall-user=userid
firewall-password=whatever
firewall-port=21
firewall-exception-list=.foo.com,localhost,localdomain

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# put in .wgetrc file:
http_proxy = http://wwwproxy.foo.com:9090/
ftp_proxy = ftpproxy.foo.com:21 # ftp untested
use_proxy = on
proxy-user=userid
proxy-passwd=passwd