[Web4lib] Hotmail and 'Page cannot be displayed' message

[Lori Ayre]

Sounds like a firewall issue.  Are the PCs that can't get mail at the same
location?  If so, I'd check the firewall settings and see if the incoming
mail ports are being blocked (port 110?).

Lori

On 8/28/06, John Fitzgibbon <jfitzgibbon at galwaylibrary.ie> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We have 86 PCs in 30 sites. The PCs and configuration are identical in
> all sites. The PCs run IE6 on Windows XP.
>
> Some of the PCs can't display Hotmail or Yahoo. When a person tries to
> access the Inbox, they receive a 'This Page Cannot be Displayed'
> message.
>
> They do not have a problem with web mail that does not use encryption.
>
> All sites are not affected. My impression is that sites that are using
> ISDN or sites that are using a slower version of broadband like 1
> megabit per second download speed are affected. I know encryption uses
> more bandwidth as the encrypted files are larger but, it is possible to
> use Hotmail over a dial up connection.
>
> Any ideas on what is going on?
>
> Regards
> John
>
> John Fitzgibbon
>
> p: 00 353 91 562471
> f: 00 353 91 565039
> w: http://www.galwaylibrary.ie
>
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