[Leaplist] Can't get online post InstallFest

[Patrick]

William H. Ferguson wrote:
> I attended the last InstallFest.
>
> My Op System is Fedora core 9.
>
> Several Attendees there worked on my IPCop project at the Saturday 
> InstallFest..
>
> During that process, there was a long period of time in which my computer
> could not go online. We were stumped as to the cause.
>
> Jack solved the problem when he discovered that in the Firefox Web Browser
>        " File===>Work Offline" was Checked. The Check was removed and 
> access
>          to the Internet was restored and worked normally.
>
> I brought all the hardware back home and the problem has arisen again.
>
> But now, even if I un-check "File==>Work Offline" my computer will NOT 
> go online.
>
> The same probelm exists for the E-Mail program (Evolution E-Mail)
> When I compose a message and hit "Send," I get an error message like this:
>
> "Error while performing operation. 
> Host lookup failed: smtp-server.cfl.rr.com: Temporary failure in name 
> resolution"
>
> I will send this post but will have to use my wife's computer to do it.
>
> Any suggestions will be gratefully received.
>
> Thanks,
>
> William
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I have noticed that the Bright House servers were just updated, and the 
techs forgot about a million ip addresses of customers, in the SMTP and 
NNTP (NewsGroups), so, we all lost those features.

about a quarter million of us had to complain individually, it seems, 
before any repairs to the systems were done!

Almost like they don't know anything about what they are supposed to be 
doing?!

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