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By: Donald Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tim Seifert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On: Friday, June 29, 2001, 8:36:10 PM
Re: [Miami] Re: Permanent waiting
Hi Donald,
DD> Thanks for the quick response.
No worries.
DD>>> I now have a serious problem trying to access www.tse.com. REBOL &
DD>>> AWeb now both go into a permanent waiting period, trying to connect
DD>>> with the site. Actually, REBOL reports an error, then tries again.
DD>>> The PC box has no problem.
TS>> I've just looked at the site using Opera (one browser that many
TS>> Internet Explorer or Netscape demanding web sites reject), and it
TS>> loaded up okay.
DD> The problem does not seem to be browser-brand related, in that REBOL
DD> also has a problem. Is it likely that both REBOL & Aweb both have the
DD> same odd HTTP or coding problem? I doubt it.
I wouldn't be too sure. If the site's doing anything fancy, or the server
(re-direction tricks, etc.), then it could be that both REBOL and AWeb are
just too simple.
I don't know what you're doing with REBOL, but if you're doing a simple
command-line-like HTTP get function, and the site doesn't actually serve a
page so directly, then you're not likely to get anything.
e.g. If you tried to get a page from xyz.com and they have a re-direction
header on the page to zyx.com, for when someone tries to access xyz.com,
that most browsers will handle, a simple file "GET" command won't work.
TS>> ... Perhaps they re-coded the site, doing something fancier than your
TS>> software works with. It does have quite a bit of JavaScripting on
TS>> the opening page. And uses Java, too.
DD> Possible, especially since the problem was first noted on a Monday, but
DD> knowing next to nothing of JavaScript or Java doesn't help.
If it used to work, and now it doesn't, it's quite likely that they've
changed the coding of things. And, often, only care whether their site
works on Netscape and Internet Explorer.
Remember that web masters, and system administrators fiddle with things,
just as much as the ordinary user does. ;-)
TS>> ... How's your DNS entries set? The same for both computers? Perhaps
TS>> your ISP has recently changed their servers, one of your computers
TS>> has fixed server entries, and one of the ISPs DNS servers has an
TS>> error.
DD> I checked using the PC and the numbers are correct.
DD> I haven't touched the Amiga settings, so I presumed they were OK, too.
DD> I'll check, but I don't think any computer is using fixed DNS.
I'd still check into that.
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