Q: Is there an easy way to avoid using default HTTPReqResp under Windows (I would like to provide more controlled access to internet using Indy controls).

The problem with standard implementation (using wininet.dll) is that it reads global internet settings and applies global Proxy settings which I would rather avoid, and I have no idea how to do it with this control. Another thing is that I would like to implement compressed (gzip) transfer of SOAP messages - again it's impossible with wininet...

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A: There is described what you need in PDF. I had to implement e.g. SSL to SAOP that is not supported in Delphi and avoid wininet.dll of course.