Sourcetree - Strange error when testing connections

Question

I wanted to try Sourcetree on my Win7 PC but ran into some issue when adding and testing a bitbucket or github account.
For every added account I get a message like this:

"The 'BR' start tag on line 6 position 30 does not match the end tag of 'FONT'. Line 7, position 3."

I am using the latest downloadable version.

What can cause this error?

Scott Plumlee · Answer

In our case, we had a network proxy server that was demanding authentication before allowing traffic through.  Since the Bitbucket API for giving a list of repos that the user can see/clone/etc is over HTTP, I couldn't even get a list of repos to show in SourceTree. Once I turned on proxy authentication with the proper credentials, then the error disappeared.

J D14 · Answer

what do you mean by " proxy server needed authentication"?
I give my credentials to sourcetree under Tools > network. Which are the same i use for maven. But it just wont work.
I tried know at home without the proxy stuff and it worked perfect.

Scott Plumlee · Answer

In our case, turned out the proxy server needed authentication.