Hi Laura, Does a Refresh help at all. That's an Explorer Refresh. (F5) George. -----Original Message----- From: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Laura Eaves Sent: 24 November 2004 23:37 To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guispeak] Re: the privacy tab in internet explorer 6 David -- I did go to the privacy tab and this is my experience: First, the little descriptive blurb at the top of the privacy tab says something about blocking or unblocking the use of cookies by that site, not the blocking or allowing of connection to the site. But I did go and put the site I've been having trouble with in the list and clicked the button that says "always allow" and then hit ok and tried connecting to the site, but again I got the message "This page could not be displayed. The server may be having problems ..." etc etc Now again, everyone else on the blindprogramming list can connect to it, and also my isp tech support can connect to it and they say it's not blocked, so the problem must be on my machine, but I can't figure it out. Note that it is not essential that I connect to this page -- it is just a home page for a young kid in middle school who is on the list and wants people to look at his page -- but it does raise the question of why I can't see his page. It makes me wonder if there are other pages that I try to connect to that give me this error that actually are perfectly good pages that can be reached by others but some setting on my PC is blocking it for me. I have looked everywhere and can't figure this one out. And I actually do get the "cannot display" message for a lot of pages around the net, especially on shopping sites. So any ideas would be greatly appreciated! especially if they solve the problem!!!!:) Thanks in advance and take care! --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:53 PM Subject: [guispeak] Re: the privacy tab in internet explorer 6 > Le, > > In the privacy tab, you have to set up sites to block, otherwise, it's > empty. If you send me the site or if you already know that it can be > accessed, I'll try giving it a try from comcast. I do know that some > times, > the hosts file can become corrupt and sites will not call their correct ip > address translations. > > Johnnie Apple Seed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Laura Eaves" <leaves1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:39 PM > Subject: [guispeak] Re: the privacy tab in internet explorer 6 > > > Hi -- as for mail filtering, it is usually an option that is turned off by > default -- if you want it on you have to ask. > But there are exceptions. AOL does go out of their way to protect their > members from spam, but I have no idea what they do to filter it. > > But back to the "privacy tab", I never found such a thing -- I looked all > over on all the pages of the internet options dialog, and even some of the > popup customize buttons, but cound find no list of accepted sites that I > could or could not connect to. > > If someone knows how to unblock a site, please let me know! > Thanks in advance! > --le > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott V" <scott2089@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:29 PM > Subject: [guispeak] Re: the privacy tab in internet explorer 6 > > >> That's why i want to make no filters and make sure they don't have any by >> default. >> If i asked them, would they tell me the truth? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Laura Eaves" <leaves1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 2:45 AM >> Subject: [guispeak] Re: the privacy tab in internet explorer 6 >> >> >>> Hi -- No the unblocking doesn't work for emails. >>> If your spam is blocked by your ISP then it is done on the server before >>> it ever gets to you. >>> I personally never use spam filtering, either from my ISP or on my >>> mailer. >>> The reason is that when I did a few years back, when I had a >>> ridiculously >>> bad spam problem, I ended up sifting through the filtered messages >>> anyway >>> to be sure nothing important got clobbered, and so if I have to do that >>> anyway, why filter at all? >>> But now that I've dumped that account and gotten a new one, I have had >>> very little problem with spam, mainly because I have learned (after that >>> experience) not to share my email indiscriminantly, and also if you get >>> a >>> spam, never reply to it, even to unsubscribe, as that only tells them >>> they have a live reader and will result in more spam. >>> It has paid off -- I've had this account for almost 18 months now with >>> very little spam. >>> But I'll have to try unblocking web pages as I've discovered aa page >>> that >>> I can't connect to. >>> Question: what happens to a web page that has been blocked? Does it just >>> say "server not found"? or does it give a different message? >>> I have asked my ISP about this site and they have connected to it with >>> no >>> problem, as does everyone else I know, so I know it's on my machine. >>> I recently installed SP2. >>> Also, my ISP says it is not in their blocked domain list. >>> So is it on the security tab of the internet options? or is it a >>> different tab? >>> Thanks and good luck. >>> --le >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Scott V" <scott2089@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:42 PM >>> Subject: [guispeak] the privacy tab in internet explorer 6 >>> >>> >>>> I'm wondering, the other day i had to use it for the first time to >>>> alllow a webpage. Now, my question is can it be used to add email >>>> addresses as well, so some spam filter along the way doesn't block it. >>>> I don't think my isp uuses a spam blocer unless i set it up but maybe >>>> they have it hidden, so to make sure i'm getting all my mail is that >>>> one >>>> way to do it? 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