in reply to Re^3: Using LWP through a proxy for HTTPS
in thread Using LWP through a proxy for HTTPS

Strange, I can set the proxy to any non-existant address and the code still works. Perhaps you have $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} set, which, incidentally, is a solution I recently unearthed to my original question.
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