From: sherwindu@comcast.net   
      
   Nope, I have 'direct connection to the internet' selected.   
      
   Ralph Fox wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 26 May 2007 00:00:46 -0500, in message <4657BEFE.F930F   
   CA@comcast.net>,   
   > sherwindu wrote:   
   >   
   > > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)   
   >   
   > > While trying to access certain web sites using Netscape, sometimes these   
   sites   
   > > do not respond and hang up the connection.  Short of going into task   
   manager and   
   > > killing the entire Netscape program, is there any simpler way to end the   
   effort   
   > > to   
   > > reach these non-responsive sites?  When these connections hang, nothing   
   seems to   
   > > break oneself out of them, including trying to jump to another site.   
   >   
   > Just a guess, but perhaps you have option "Automatic Proxy Configuration"   
   > selected, at "Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Proxies" ?   
   >   
   > --   
   > Cheers,   
   > Ralph   
      
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