[arachne] Re: Surfbest connection - ok

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On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:19:05 -0600, "Destiny" <destiny2b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:51:36 -0500 (EST), Sam Ewalt wrote:

>>>> http://members.surfbest.net/wizard57m@xxxxxxxxxxxx/index.htm

>>> Glenn, the line immediately above came through without any "xxx" in it,
>>> apparently totally in clear. But clicking on it got me the dreaded
>>> "Can't open connection" message.

>> As you can the address comes through just fine and what's more I
>> connect via Firefox and Win98 on a dial-up without problems. Nothing
>> seems to be blocked at all here.

> URL above was instant connection via Arachne here.  Click and go!

Arachne's "can't open connection" screen gives as the first possible
reason that the remote host has refused the connection.

Someone suggested that surfbest may be blocking connections from ISPs
it has blacklisted for one reason or another, or maybe it won't accept
connections from any it has not whitelisted.

That certainly sounds possible....

    
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