[WEB4LIB] IE5.0 and AltaVista

[Donna Schumann]

I just tested this from home running a beta version of IE5 on Win98 over a
cable modem and was able to connect. If I'm *ever* able in get IE5 from
Microsoft's site, I'll test it on my NT machine at work and let you know.

Regards, Donna

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Donna Schumann                  Application System Specialist 
Timberland Regional Library     360-704-4542 FAX: 360-586-6838 
Olympia, Washington             schumann at timberland.lib.wa.us 

On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Bill Manson wrote:

> I have discovered a difficulty with IE5.0 on two separate machines, one
> running on a network with a T-1 connection and one in a dial-up 56K
> environment.  The problem existed in the Beta version of 5.0.  The
> 'release' version has not changed anything. 
> 
> I cannot connect to http://www.altavista.com with any machine on which I've loaded IE5.0.  The address is translated to an IP address.  "Connecting to site" shows up.  The connection then times out -- every time.  
> 
> I've emailed the folks at AltaVista with my problem.  There has been no response.  This is one of those "Can someone confirm that I'm not nuts?" requests.  Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon?
> 
> Bill Manson
> Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
> 
> "Being a Red Sox fan means subscribing to a set of preposterous cultish beliefs for which no successful deprogramming has been devised." -- Martin F. Nolan
> 
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