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Hi Folks!
Anyone else having trouble connecting to the newsgroups through Outlook Express? I keep getting a time out error: "Unable to connect to server". This started at about 2:00 PM EST Friday. My ISP is Comcast. I'm accessing through the web interface for this post. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP |
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Well, it figures!
Right after I post about it then it starts working again. Maybe I'm too impatient? -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "T. Valko" wrote in message ... Hi Folks! Anyone else having trouble connecting to the newsgroups through Outlook Express? I keep getting a time out error: "Unable to connect to server". This started at about 2:00 PM EST Friday. My ISP is Comcast. I'm accessing through the web interface for this post. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP |
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hi
i'm not having trouble now..but i have had problems in the past. my IPS is windstream. i don't know if my IPS or microsoft, but at times (sparatic), i just can't seem to get into groups. sometimes i am in a group ( excel gen questions) and try to switch to another (excel -programming) and i get the ol time out error:"Unable to connect to server". clicking the "back" arrow takes me back to the page i was on. time of problem varies also from several minutes to several hours. most of the time it's ok. but still ...... there are times. wish i could give a concrete answer but sorry..... been there, experienced that. really sucks. maybe obama can fix all of our internet problems....... yeah....right! Regards FSt1 "T. Valko" wrote: Hi Folks! Anyone else having trouble connecting to the newsgroups through Outlook Express? I keep getting a time out error: "Unable to connect to server". This started at about 2:00 PM EST Friday. My ISP is Comcast. I'm accessing through the web interface for this post. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP |
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I've also experienced sporadic short term problems but this one was by far
the longest in duration, about 8 hrs. It's working right now so that saves me from having to go through the website! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "FSt1" wrote in message ... hi i'm not having trouble now..but i have had problems in the past. my IPS is windstream. i don't know if my IPS or microsoft, but at times (sparatic), i just can't seem to get into groups. sometimes i am in a group ( excel gen questions) and try to switch to another (excel -programming) and i get the ol time out error:"Unable to connect to server". clicking the "back" arrow takes me back to the page i was on. time of problem varies also from several minutes to several hours. most of the time it's ok. but still ...... there are times. wish i could give a concrete answer but sorry..... been there, experienced that. really sucks. maybe obama can fix all of our internet problems....... yeah....right! Regards FSt1 "T. Valko" wrote: Hi Folks! Anyone else having trouble connecting to the newsgroups through Outlook Express? I keep getting a time out error: "Unable to connect to server". This started at about 2:00 PM EST Friday. My ISP is Comcast. I'm accessing through the web interface for this post. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP |
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Hi,
I've had some bad days recently, where that happens every 5-10 minutes. Interestingly my ISP is SBCGLOBAL (AT&T) and the problem occurs when I am logged in via browser, but at the same time my connection via Windows Live Mail works just fine? Cheers, Shane Devenshire "T. Valko" wrote: I've also experienced sporadic short term problems but this one was by far the longest in duration, about 8 hrs. It's working right now so that saves me from having to go through the website! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "FSt1" wrote in message ... hi i'm not having trouble now..but i have had problems in the past. my IPS is windstream. i don't know if my IPS or microsoft, but at times (sparatic), i just can't seem to get into groups. sometimes i am in a group ( excel gen questions) and try to switch to another (excel -programming) and i get the ol time out error:"Unable to connect to server". clicking the "back" arrow takes me back to the page i was on. time of problem varies also from several minutes to several hours. most of the time it's ok. but still ...... there are times. wish i could give a concrete answer but sorry..... been there, experienced that. really sucks. maybe obama can fix all of our internet problems....... yeah....right! Regards FSt1 "T. Valko" wrote: Hi Folks! Anyone else having trouble connecting to the newsgroups through Outlook Express? I keep getting a time out error: "Unable to connect to server". This started at about 2:00 PM EST Friday. My ISP is Comcast. I'm accessing through the web interface for this post. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP |
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Interesting....
This last week I have had trouble 4 or 5 times. A few times it said it couldn't connect at this time, and several times it said the site was too busy, and that it couldn't connect. Twice I was trying to reply to someone when it basically said "not now, try back later". I haven't had trouble this a.m....maybe it's fixed now?? -- smither fan "T. Valko" wrote: Hi Folks! Anyone else having trouble connecting to the newsgroups through Outlook Express? I keep getting a time out error: "Unable to connect to server". This started at about 2:00 PM EST Friday. My ISP is Comcast. I'm accessing through the web interface for this post. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP |
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