When trying to connect through a proxy server TortoiseHg for Windows says “SSL error: unknown protocol”
问题 The scenario: You're behind a proxy server on Windows. You've configured TortoiseHg to use a proxy server; that is you've entered a server name/IP and port number. You are able to connect to the internet using Internet Explorer. But when you try to pull or push and it produces the error message "SSL error: unknown protocol". (I plan to answer this myself.) 回答1: The cause is that Internet Explorer is using an automatic proxy configuration script and TortoiseHg is using a particular proxy