ON Tuesday, November 1, 2005, 2:37:05 PM, you wrote: AW> Maybe there's some progress then - I don't download anything. TB! just AW> hangs forever waiting to connect (as far as I can tell). Next time, I'll AW> check what ports are in use to see if it's really connected or just AW> confused. I suppose that I could keep a copy of ethereral around to AW> diagnose, but I'm on a version that nobody is going to fix :(Hi Arthur,
Well I figured out my problem. It was the bayesIT spam plugin. Will the Connection centre was hanging I deleted the pulg-in and viola, normal operation resumed. I am open to suggestions of other spam plug-ins :) -- Best regards, Gerard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Cannot open file "C:\Program Files\Internet\The Bat!\golf quotes.txt" Using The Bat! v3.62.05 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html