+.It Va Proxy Li = socks4 | socks5 | http | exec Ar ... Bq experimental
+Use a proxy when making outgoing connections.
+The following proxy types are currently supported:
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+.It socks4 Ar address Ar port Op Ar username
+Connects to the proxy using the SOCKS version 4 protocol.
+Optionally, a
+.Ar username
+can be supplied which will be passed on to the proxy server.
+Only IPv4 connections can be proxied using SOCKS 4.
+.It socks5 Ar address Ar port Op Ar username Ar password
+Connect to the proxy using the SOCKS version 5 protocol.
+If a
+.Ar username
+and
+.Ar password
+are given, basic username/password authentication will be used,
+otherwise no authentication will be used.
+.It http Ar address Ar port
+Connects to the proxy and sends a HTTP CONNECT request.
+.It exec Ar command
+Executes the given
+.Ar command
+which should set up the outgoing connection.
+The environment variables
+.Ev NAME ,
+.Ev NODE ,
+.Ev REMOTEADDRES
+and
+.Ev REMOTEPORT
+are available.
+.El
+