Ok, well I have not much understanding of what is going on, but I can say that the tmobile connection settings don't have a proxy set. I don't understand proxies well, I'm afraid -- I understand the basic principles, but something hasn't clicked in my brain.

It tells me that server_port = 9050 in tor-tsocks.conf (in the /etc/tor directory on my N900), so I guess that means I am using a proxy.

I'm not using privoxy; what appeals to me in using this tor package is that I don't need privoxy.

So maybe you are right and maybe the app mgr isn't following the proxy? I don't know what to do about this.

This whole issue is of limited importance to me, because usually I am at home and can just use my wireless instead of tmobile for web access anyway. But it's a learning opportunity.

I mentioned that Feedingit doesn't work for me when I use Tor and tmobile, but I have since discovered that the default rss program does work for me. But I also found that Feed Circuit doesn't work, so two out of three rss packages don't work for me. Interesting clue.