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Originally Posted by pem
Yes, that suggests it is not a proxy problem - a local firewall blocking your access seems the most likely now.
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Sorry I didn't give all this info before but, afaik, I have no firewall in place; I've certainly never knowingly installed or activated one (as I mentioned, I'm using windows 98 so the recent security problems passed me by

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Any other ideas, or ways of checking?