Fails to contact given URL
9 Feb 2005 19:33:46 UTC
Topic 187479
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Hi, I received an email today inviting me to test - I downloaded BOINC and loaded it up, but after running a cpu test it tried to access your server (I had copied and pasted the address from the email as instructed) but failed.
I'm behind a university Proxy server and they have external firewalls, might it be because of this? If it helps, I know people on the same network can run SETI well enough.
Can you suggest any solution?
Thanks
Fails to contact given URL
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If you connect to the web through an HTTP or SOCKS proxy, use the dialog Settings/ProxyServer to change the settings for your Proxyserver.
I had a similar problem until
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I had a similar problem until I realised I had copied a space at the beginning of the url, taking it out solved the problem.
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> If you connect to the web
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> If you connect to the web through an HTTP or SOCKS proxy, use the dialog
> Settings/ProxyServer to change the settings for your Proxyserver.
> src="https://einsteinathome.org/%3Ca%20href%3D"http://www.boincstats.com/stats/teambanner.php?teamname=Phantasialand%20/%20Bruehl">http://www.boincstats.com/stats/teambanner.php?teamname=Phantasialand%20/%20Bruehl">
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Yes, I had put in the proxies etc.
I think the guy above got it right - tried again this morning and it's working fine so it must have been something silly like that!