Syntax Error recieved for all attempted News Fetches

[porterfi]

I run Calibre on my home computer and at work. At home it works fine, but at work I have tried six different news sites (using the included recipes) and none work. They all give a similar error:

"Failed: Fetch news from Wall Street Journal (free)"

Below is an excerpt from the "show details". I omitted most of the details to make it easier to read; just let me know if you need the whole thing.

calibre, version 0.7.53
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Fetch news from Wall Street Journal (free)

Fetch news from Wall Street Journal (free)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.7.53

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SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[kovidgoyal]

you're behind a proxy

[porterfi]

I guess even a novice like me should have figured that out.
I have to say this is an amazing product you have developed and even more amazing is that you spend the time to respond to posts like mine.
I tried using the forum posting at
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28219
The proxy setting was indeed blank when I started. I found the pac file which was as follows (I replaced the IP addresses for security reasons)

function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
//
//
// if (isInNet(host), "1.2.3.4", "255.255.255.255") {
// return "DIRECT";
// }
//
if (url.substring(0, 4) == "ftp:") {
return "DIRECT";
}
if (url.substring(0, 5) == "https") {
return "DIRECT";
}
else if (isPlainHostName(host) ||
isInNet(myIpAddress(), "1.2.3.4", "255.255.255.0") ||
isInNet(host, "5.6.7.8", "255.0.0.0") ||
return "DIRECT";
else
return "PROXY 211.52.201.65:80; PROXY 211.52.181.65:80; DIRECT";
}

So I set my proxy address to 211.52.201.65:80 (I figured the second address was a backup). I am pretty sure that was successful because now I get that value when I run the script. (see below)

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

G:\>calibre-debug -c "from calibre import get_proxies; print get_proxies()"
Using proxies: {'http': '211.52.201.65:80'}
{'http': '211.52.201.65:80'}

But I still cannot fetch news. Any ideas? (note that I was not able to run the "feeds2disk" command mentioned in the post referenced above) It said it was not a recognized command.

[kovidgoyal]

Try removing any remaining proxy settings in Internet Explorer. The calibre-debug command should out no proxies.