diff --git a/src/java/davmail/DavGateway.java b/src/java/davmail/DavGateway.java
index b062c30d..19fba882 100644
--- a/src/java/davmail/DavGateway.java
+++ b/src/java/davmail/DavGateway.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package davmail;
 
 import davmail.http.DavGatewaySSLProtocolSocketFactory;
-import davmail.http.DavGatewayHttpClientFactory;
+import davmail.http.DavGatewayHttpClientFacade;
 import davmail.pop.PopServer;
 import davmail.smtp.SmtpServer;
 import davmail.tray.DavGatewayTray;
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ public class DavGateway {
      public static String getReleasedVersion() {
         String version = null;
         BufferedReader versionReader = null;
+         GetMethod getMethod = new GetMethod("http://davmail.sourceforge.net/version.txt");
         try {
-            HttpClient httpClient = DavGatewayHttpClientFactory.getInstance();
-            GetMethod getMethod = new GetMethod("http://davmail.sourceforge.net/version.txt");
+            HttpClient httpClient = DavGatewayHttpClientFacade.getInstance();
             int status = httpClient.executeMethod(getMethod);
             if (status == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
                 versionReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(getMethod.getResponseBodyAsStream()));
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ public class DavGateway {
                     // ignore
                 }
             }
+            getMethod.releaseConnection();
         }
         return version;
     }
diff --git a/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSession.java b/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSession.java
index 7db1425d..43606a90 100644
--- a/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSession.java
+++ b/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSession.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package davmail.exchange;
 
 import davmail.Settings;
-import davmail.http.DavGatewayHttpClientFactory;
+import davmail.http.DavGatewayHttpClientFacade;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Header;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ public class ExchangeSession {
      */
     private final SimpleDateFormat dateParser;
 
+    /**
+     * Base Exchange URL
+     */
+    private String baseUrl;
+
     /**
      * Various standard mail boxes Urls
      */
@@ -97,32 +102,150 @@ public class ExchangeSession {
      * @throws java.io.IOException unable to connect to exchange
      */
     protected boolean isBasicAuthentication(String url) throws IOException {
-        // create an HttpClient instance
-        HttpClient httpClient = DavGatewayHttpClientFactory.getInstance();
-        HttpMethod testMethod = new GetMethod(url);
-        int status = httpClient.executeMethod(testMethod);
-        testMethod.releaseConnection();
-        return status == HttpStatus.SC_UNAUTHORIZED;
+        return DavGatewayHttpClientFacade.getHttpStatus(url) == HttpStatus.SC_UNAUTHORIZED;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Try to find logon method path from logon form body.
+     *
+     * @param initmethod form body http method
+     * @return logon method path
+     */
+    protected String getLogonMethodPathAndBaseUrl(HttpMethod initmethod) {
+        // default logon method path
+        String logonMethodPath = "/exchweb/bin/auth/owaauth.dll";
+
+        // try to parse login form to determine logon url and destination
+        BufferedReader loginFormReader = null;
+        try {
+            loginFormReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(initmethod.getResponseBodyAsStream()));
+            String line;
+            // skip to form action
+            final String FORM_ACTION = "<form action=\"";
+            final String DESTINATION_INPUT = "name=\"destination\" value=\"";
+            //noinspection StatementWithEmptyBody
+            while ((line = loginFormReader.readLine()) != null && line.toLowerCase().indexOf(FORM_ACTION) == -1) {
+            }
+            if (line != null) {
+                int start = line.toLowerCase().indexOf(FORM_ACTION) + FORM_ACTION.length();
+                int end = line.indexOf("\"", start);
+                logonMethodPath = line.substring(start, end);
+                //noinspection StatementWithEmptyBody
+                while ((line = loginFormReader.readLine()) != null && line.indexOf(DESTINATION_INPUT) == -1) {
+                }
+                if (line != null) {
+                    start = line.indexOf(DESTINATION_INPUT) + DESTINATION_INPUT.length();
+                    end = line.indexOf("\"", start);
+                    baseUrl = line.substring(start, end);
+                }
+            }
+            // allow relative URLs
+            if (!logonMethodPath.startsWith("/")) {
+                String path = initmethod.getPath();
+                int end = path.lastIndexOf('/');
+                if (end >= 0) {
+                    logonMethodPath = path.substring(0, end + 1) + logonMethodPath;
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Error parsing login form at " + initmethod.getPath());
+        } finally {
+            if (loginFormReader != null) {
+                try {
+                    loginFormReader.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    LOGGER.error("Error parsing login form at " + initmethod.getPath());
+                }
+            }
+            initmethod.releaseConnection();
+        }
+        return logonMethodPath;
+    }
+
+    protected void formLogin(HttpClient httpClient, HttpMethod initmethod, String userName, String password) throws IOException {
+        LOGGER.debug("Form based authentication detected");
+        // get logon method path and actual destination (baseUrl)
+        String logonMethodPath = getLogonMethodPathAndBaseUrl(initmethod);
+
+        PostMethod logonMethod = new PostMethod(
+                logonMethodPath + "?ForcedBasic=false&Basic=false&Private=true&Language=No_Value"
+        );
+        logonMethod.addParameter("destination", baseUrl);
+        logonMethod.addParameter("flags", "4");
+//                  logonMethod.addParameter("visusername", userName.substring(userName.lastIndexOf('\\')));
+        logonMethod.addParameter("username", userName);
+        logonMethod.addParameter("password", password);
+//                  logonMethod.addParameter("SubmitCreds", "Log On");
+//                  logonMethod.addParameter("forcedownlevel", "0");
+        logonMethod.addParameter("trusted", "4");
+
+        try {
+            httpClient.executeMethod(logonMethod);
+        } finally {
+            logonMethod.releaseConnection();
+        }
+        Header locationHeader = logonMethod.getResponseHeader("Location");
+
+        if (logonMethod.getStatusCode() != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_TEMP ||
+                locationHeader == null ||
+                !baseUrl.equals(locationHeader.getValue())) {
+            throw new HttpException("Authentication failed");
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected String getMailPath(HttpMethod method) {
+        String result = null;
+        // get user mail URL from html body (multi frame)
+        BufferedReader mainPageReader = null;
+        try {
+            mainPageReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(method.getResponseBodyAsStream()));
+            String line;
+            // find base url
+            final String BASE_HREF = "<base href=\"";
+            //noinspection StatementWithEmptyBody
+            while ((line = mainPageReader.readLine()) != null && line.toLowerCase().indexOf(BASE_HREF) == -1) {
+            }
+            if (line != null) {
+                int start = line.toLowerCase().indexOf(BASE_HREF) + BASE_HREF.length();
+                int end = line.indexOf("\"", start);
+                String mailBoxBaseHref = line.substring(start, end);
+                URL baseURL = new URL(mailBoxBaseHref);
+                result = baseURL.getPath();
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Error parsing main page at " + method.getPath());
+        } finally {
+            if (mainPageReader != null) {
+                try {
+                    mainPageReader.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    LOGGER.error("Error parsing main page at " + method.getPath());
+                }
+            }
+            method.releaseConnection();
+        }
+
+        return result;
     }
 
     void login(String userName, String password) throws IOException {
         try {
-            String url = Settings.getProperty("davmail.url");
+            baseUrl = Settings.getProperty("davmail.url");
 
-            boolean isBasicAuthentication = isBasicAuthentication(url);
+            boolean isBasicAuthentication = isBasicAuthentication(baseUrl);
 
             // get proxy configuration from setttings properties
-            URL urlObject = new URL(url);
+            URL urlObject = new URL(baseUrl);
             // webdavresource is unable to create the correct url type
             HttpURL httpURL;
-            if (url.startsWith("http://")) {
+            if (baseUrl.startsWith("http://")) {
                 httpURL = new HttpURL(userName, password,
                         urlObject.getHost(), urlObject.getPort());
-            } else if (url.startsWith("https://")) {
+            } else if (baseUrl.startsWith("https://")) {
                 httpURL = new HttpsURL(userName, password,
                         urlObject.getHost(), urlObject.getPort());
             } else {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid URL: " + url);
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid URL: " + baseUrl);
             }
             wdr = new WebdavResource(httpURL, WebdavResource.NOACTION, 0);
 
@@ -132,107 +255,20 @@ public class ExchangeSession {
             // get the internal HttpClient instance
             HttpClient httpClient = wdr.retrieveSessionInstance();
 
-            DavGatewayHttpClientFactory.configureClient(httpClient);
+            DavGatewayHttpClientFacade.configureClient(httpClient);
 
             // get webmail root url
             // providing credentials
             // manually follow redirect
-            HttpMethod initmethod = new GetMethod(url);
-            initmethod.setFollowRedirects(false);
-            httpClient.executeMethod(initmethod);
-            int redirectCount = 0;
-            while (redirectCount++ < 10 && initmethod.getStatusCode() == 302) {
-                initmethod.releaseConnection();
-                initmethod = new GetMethod(initmethod.getResponseHeader("Location").getValue());
-                initmethod.setFollowRedirects(false);
-                httpClient.executeMethod(initmethod);
-            }
-            if (initmethod.getStatusCode() == 302) {
-                throw new IOException("Maximum redirections reached");
-            }
-
-            // default destination is provided url
-            String destination = url;
+            HttpMethod initmethod = DavGatewayHttpClientFacade.executeFollowRedirects(httpClient, baseUrl);
 
             if (!isBasicAuthentication) {
-                LOGGER.debug("Form based authentication detected");
-                // default logon method path
-                String logonMethodPath = "/exchweb/bin/auth/owaauth.dll";
-
-                // try to parse login form to determine logon url and destination
-                BufferedReader loginFormReader = null;
-                try {
-                    loginFormReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(initmethod.getResponseBodyAsStream()));
-                    String line;
-                    // skip to form action
-                    final String FORM_ACTION = "<form action=\"";
-                    final String DESTINATION_INPUT = "name=\"destination\" value=\"";
-                    //noinspection StatementWithEmptyBody
-                    while ((line = loginFormReader.readLine()) != null && line.toLowerCase().indexOf(FORM_ACTION) == -1){}
-                    if (line != null) {
-                        int start = line.toLowerCase().indexOf(FORM_ACTION) + FORM_ACTION.length();
-                        int end = line.indexOf("\"", start);
-                        logonMethodPath = line.substring(start, end);
-                        //noinspection StatementWithEmptyBody
-                        while ((line = loginFormReader.readLine()) != null && line.indexOf(DESTINATION_INPUT) == -1) {}
-                        if (line != null) {
-                            start = line.indexOf(DESTINATION_INPUT) + DESTINATION_INPUT.length();
-                            end = line.indexOf("\"", start);
-                            destination = line.substring(start, end);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    // allow relative URLs
-                    if (!logonMethodPath.startsWith("/")) {
-                        String path = initmethod.getPath();
-                        int end = path.lastIndexOf('/');
-                        if (end >=0) {
-                        logonMethodPath = path.substring(0, end+1) + logonMethodPath;
-                        }
-                    }
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    LOGGER.error("Error parsing login form at " + initmethod.getPath());
-                } finally {
-                    if (loginFormReader != null) {
-                        loginFormReader.close();
-                    }
-                }
-                PostMethod logonMethod = new PostMethod(
-                        logonMethodPath + "?ForcedBasic=false&Basic=false&Private=true&Language=No_Value"
-                );
-                logonMethod.addParameter("destination", destination);
-                logonMethod.addParameter("flags", "4");
-//                  logonMethod.addParameter("visusername", userName.substring(userName.lastIndexOf('\\')));
-                logonMethod.addParameter("username", userName);
-                logonMethod.addParameter("password", password);
-//                  logonMethod.addParameter("SubmitCreds", "Log On");
-//                  logonMethod.addParameter("forcedownlevel", "0");
-                logonMethod.addParameter("trusted", "4");
-
-                httpClient.executeMethod(logonMethod);
-                Header locationHeader = logonMethod.getResponseHeader("Location");
-
-                if (logonMethod.getStatusCode() != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_TEMP ||
-                        locationHeader == null ||
-                        !destination.equals(locationHeader.getValue())) {
-                    throw new HttpException("Authentication failed");
-                }
-
+                formLogin(httpClient, initmethod, userName, password);
             }
 
             // User may be authenticated, get various session information
-            HttpMethod method = new GetMethod(destination);
-            method.setFollowRedirects(false);
-            int status = httpClient.executeMethod(method);
-            redirectCount = 0;
-            while (redirectCount++ < 10 && method.getStatusCode() == 302) {
-                method.releaseConnection();
-                method = new GetMethod(method.getResponseHeader("Location").getValue());
-                method.setFollowRedirects(false);
-                status = httpClient.executeMethod(method);
-            }
-            if (method.getStatusCode() == 302) {
-                throw new IOException("Maximum redirections reached");
-            }
+            HttpMethod method = DavGatewayHttpClientFacade.executeFollowRedirects(httpClient, baseUrl);
+            int status = method.getStatusCode();
             if (status != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
                 HttpException ex = new HttpException();
                 ex.setReasonCode(status);
@@ -242,35 +278,14 @@ public class ExchangeSession {
             // test form based authentication
             String queryString = method.getQueryString();
             if (queryString != null && queryString.endsWith("reason=2")) {
-                 throw new HttpException("Authentication failed: invalid user or password");
+                method.releaseConnection();
+                throw new HttpException("Authentication failed: invalid user or password");
             }
 
-            // get user mail URL from html body (multi frame)
-            BufferedReader mainPageReader = null;
-            try {
-                mainPageReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(method.getResponseBodyAsStream()));
-                String line;
-                // find base url
-                final String BASE_HREF = "<base href=\"";
-                //noinspection StatementWithEmptyBody
-                while ((line = mainPageReader.readLine()) != null && line.toLowerCase().indexOf(BASE_HREF) == -1){}
-                if (line != null) {
-                    int start = line.toLowerCase().indexOf(BASE_HREF) + BASE_HREF.length();
-                    int end = line.indexOf("\"", start);
-                    String mailBoxBaseHref = line.substring(start, end);
-                    URL baseURL = new URL(mailBoxBaseHref);
-                    mailPath = baseURL.getPath();
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                LOGGER.error("Error parsing main page at " + method.getPath());
-            } finally {
-                if (mainPageReader != null) {
-                    mainPageReader.close();
-                }
-            }
+            mailPath = getMailPath(method);
 
             if (mailPath == null) {
-                throw new HttpException(destination + " not found in body, authentication failed: password expired ?");
+                throw new HttpException(baseUrl + " not found in body, authentication failed: password expired ?");
             }
 
             // got base http mailbox http url
diff --git a/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSessionFactory.java b/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSessionFactory.java
index 40e2b3b4..954c4ebb 100644
--- a/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSessionFactory.java
+++ b/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSessionFactory.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package davmail.exchange;
 
 import davmail.Settings;
-import davmail.http.DavGatewayHttpClientFactory;
+import davmail.http.DavGatewayHttpClientFacade;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ public class ExchangeSessionFactory {
 
 
     public static void checkConfig() throws IOException {
+        String url = Settings.getProperty("davmail.url");
+        HttpMethod testMethod = new GetMethod(url);
         try {
-            String url = Settings.getProperty("davmail.url");
 
             // create an HttpClient instance
-            HttpClient httpClient = DavGatewayHttpClientFactory.getInstance();
+            HttpClient httpClient = DavGatewayHttpClientFacade.getInstance();
 
             // get webmail root url (will not follow redirects)
-            HttpMethod testMethod = new GetMethod(url);
             testMethod.setFollowRedirects(false);
             int status = httpClient.executeMethod(testMethod);
             testMethod.releaseConnection();
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public class ExchangeSessionFactory {
         } catch (Exception exc) {
             ExchangeSession.LOGGER.error("DavMail configuration exception: \n" + exc.getMessage(), exc);
             throw new IOException("DavMail configuration exception: \n" + exc.getMessage());
+        } finally {
+            testMethod.releaseConnection();
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/src/java/davmail/http/DavGatewayHttpClientFacade.java b/src/java/davmail/http/DavGatewayHttpClientFacade.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe0ce553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/davmail/http/DavGatewayHttpClientFacade.java
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package davmail.http;
+
+import davmail.Settings;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Header;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NTCredentials;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Create HttpClient instance according to DavGateway Settings
+ */
+public class DavGatewayHttpClientFacade {
+    /**
+     * Create a configured HttpClient instance.
+     *
+     * @return httpClient
+     */
+    public static HttpClient getInstance() {
+        // create an HttpClient instance
+        HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
+        configureClient(httpClient);
+        return httpClient;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update http client configuration (proxy)
+     *
+     * @param httpClient current Http client
+     */
+    public static void configureClient(HttpClient httpClient) {
+        // do not send basic auth automatically
+        httpClient.getState().setAuthenticationPreemptive(false);
+
+        boolean enableProxy = Settings.getBooleanProperty("davmail.enableProxy");
+        String proxyHost = null;
+        int proxyPort = 0;
+        String proxyUser = null;
+        String proxyPassword = null;
+
+        if (enableProxy) {
+            proxyHost = Settings.getProperty("davmail.proxyHost");
+            proxyPort = Settings.getIntProperty("davmail.proxyPort");
+            proxyUser = Settings.getProperty("davmail.proxyUser");
+            proxyPassword = Settings.getProperty("davmail.proxyPassword");
+        }
+
+        // configure proxy
+        if (proxyHost != null && proxyHost.length() > 0) {
+            httpClient.getHostConfiguration().setProxy(proxyHost, proxyPort);
+            if (proxyUser != null && proxyUser.length() > 0) {
+
+/*              // Only available in newer HttpClient releases, not compatible with slide library
+                List authPrefs = new ArrayList();
+                authPrefs.add(AuthPolicy.BASIC);
+                httpClient.getParams().setParameter(AuthPolicy.AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY,authPrefs);
+*/
+                // instead detect ntlm authentication (windows domain name in user name)
+                int backslashindex = proxyUser.indexOf("\\");
+                if (backslashindex > 0) {
+                    httpClient.getState().setProxyCredentials(null, proxyHost,
+                            new NTCredentials(proxyUser.substring(backslashindex + 1),
+                                    proxyPassword, null,
+                                    proxyUser.substring(0, backslashindex)));
+                } else {
+                    httpClient.getState().setProxyCredentials(null, proxyHost,
+                            new UsernamePasswordCredentials(proxyUser, proxyPassword));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Get Http Status code for the given URL
+     *
+     * @param url url string
+     * @return HttpStatus code
+     * @throws IOException on error
+     */
+    public static int getHttpStatus(String url) throws IOException {
+        int status = 0;
+        HttpClient httpClient = DavGatewayHttpClientFacade.getInstance();
+        HttpMethod testMethod = new GetMethod(url);
+        try {
+            status = httpClient.executeMethod(testMethod);
+        } finally {
+            testMethod.releaseConnection();
+        }
+        return status;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isRedirect(int status) {
+        return status == HttpStatus.SC_MOVED_PERMANENTLY
+                || status == HttpStatus.SC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY
+                || status == HttpStatus.SC_SEE_OTHER
+                || status == HttpStatus.SC_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute given url, manually follow redirects.
+     * Workaround for HttpClient bug (GET full URL over HTTPS and proxy)
+     *
+     * @param httpClient HttpClient instance
+     * @param url        url string
+     * @return executed method
+     * @throws IOException on error
+     */
+    public static HttpMethod executeFollowRedirects(HttpClient httpClient, String url) throws IOException {
+        HttpMethod method = new GetMethod(url);
+        try {
+            method.setFollowRedirects(false);
+            httpClient.executeMethod(method);
+            Header location = method.getResponseHeader("Location");
+            int redirectCount = 0;
+            while (redirectCount++ < 10
+                    && location != null
+                    && isRedirect(method.getStatusCode())) {
+                method.releaseConnection();
+                method = new GetMethod(method.getResponseHeader("Location").getValue());
+                method.setFollowRedirects(false);
+                httpClient.executeMethod(method);
+                location = method.getResponseHeader("Location");
+            }
+            if (location != null && isRedirect(method.getStatusCode())) {
+                method.releaseConnection();
+                throw new HttpException("Maximum redirections reached");
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            method.releaseConnection();
+            throw e;
+        }
+        // caller will need to release connection
+        return method;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/java/davmail/http/DavGatewayHttpClientFactory.java b/src/java/davmail/http/DavGatewayHttpClientFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b7a7ce8d..00000000
--- a/src/java/davmail/http/DavGatewayHttpClientFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-package davmail.http;
-
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NTCredentials;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
-import davmail.Settings;
-
-/**
- * Create HttpClient instance according to DavGateway Settings
- */
-public class DavGatewayHttpClientFactory {
-    /**
-     * Create a configured HttpClient instance.
-     *
-     * @return httpClient
-     */
-    public static HttpClient getInstance() {
-        // create an HttpClient instance
-        HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
-        configureClient(httpClient);
-        return httpClient;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Update http client configuration (proxy)
-     *
-     * @param httpClient current Http client
-     */
-    public static void configureClient(HttpClient httpClient) {
-        // do not send basic auth automatically
-        httpClient.getState().setAuthenticationPreemptive(false);
-
-        boolean enableProxy = Settings.getBooleanProperty("davmail.enableProxy");
-        String proxyHost = null;
-        int proxyPort = 0;
-        String proxyUser = null;
-        String proxyPassword = null;
-
-        if (enableProxy) {
-            proxyHost = Settings.getProperty("davmail.proxyHost");
-            proxyPort = Settings.getIntProperty("davmail.proxyPort");
-            proxyUser = Settings.getProperty("davmail.proxyUser");
-            proxyPassword = Settings.getProperty("davmail.proxyPassword");
-        }
-
-        // configure proxy
-        if (proxyHost != null && proxyHost.length() > 0) {
-            httpClient.getHostConfiguration().setProxy(proxyHost, proxyPort);
-            if (proxyUser != null && proxyUser.length() > 0) {
-
-/*              // Only available in newer HttpClient releases, not compatible with slide library
-                List authPrefs = new ArrayList();
-                authPrefs.add(AuthPolicy.BASIC);
-                httpClient.getParams().setParameter(AuthPolicy.AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY,authPrefs);
-*/
-                // instead detect ntlm authentication (windows domain name in user name)
-                int backslashindex = proxyUser.indexOf("\\");
-                if (backslashindex > 0) {
-                    httpClient.getState().setProxyCredentials(null, proxyHost,
-                            new NTCredentials(proxyUser.substring(backslashindex + 1),
-                                    proxyPassword, null,
-                                    proxyUser.substring(0, backslashindex)));
-                } else {
-                    httpClient.getState().setProxyCredentials(null, proxyHost,
-                            new UsernamePasswordCredentials(proxyUser, proxyPassword));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-    }
-
-}