What's with Earthlink and zIWETHEY?

Post #38,802 by wharris2 5/15/02 1:30:30 PM Reply	What's with Earthlink and zIWETHEY? Browsing from home with Earthlink, I get a "No such connection" message (or something like that.) Has zIWETHEY made it onto some anti-spam list? That's kinda hard to believe, since I get so much other spam on my mail account there. No problem browsing from work, but there are some things I'd prefer to post from home, if for no other reason than someone wandering into my office and inadvertantly seeing an embarrassing posting. Famous last RPG quotes: "I'll just shoot this fireball down the dungeon passageway..."
Post #38,821 by Silverlock 5/15/02 3:18:25 PM Reply	How long has it been happening? This happned to me only it was my work system that wouldn't connect. Turns out I forgot to update my hosts file after the recent changes. K-mart. The company that beat Microsoft in customer satisfaction.
Post #38,889 by wharris2 5/16/02 10:15:40 AM Reply	It's been two or three weeks I'm not exactly sure when I first noticed it, but it's been at least a couple of weeks. (But then I don't try every day, so it might be an intermitant problem of some sort.) Famous last RPG quotes: "I'll just shoot this fireball down the dungeon passageway..."
Post #38,890 by Yendor 5/16/02 10:29:44 AM Reply	This machine changed its IP address... As mentioned, if you've got an entry in your hosts file giving the old 65.85.143.144 IP address, that needs to be changed. The IP switchover happened probably 3 or 4 weeks ago, so that might be it. The new IP address for z.iwethey.org is 65.86.176.63. -YendorMike Real programmers use "vi a.out".
Post #38,822 by boxley 5/15/02 3:21:16 PM Reply	major Cable and Wireless outage in Dallas yesturday, maybe the route went thru there. thanx, bill TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
Post #44,129 by wharris2 7/1/02 4:42:05 PM Reply	Still getting a "Connection refused" from home This is long past the time a new DNS entry should have propogated. Famous last RPG quotes: "I'll just shoot this fireball down the dungeon passageway..."
Post #44,130 by Ashton 7/1/02 4:51:19 PM Reply	Sure.. it's not buried in hosts? (dup entry, say)
Post #44,215 by wharris2 7/2/02 10:02:11 AM Reply	Haven't touched my hosts file Although it isn't inconceivable that Windows XP is "helpfully" adding stuff to the hosts file without me knowing it. Famous last RPG quotes: "I'll just shoot this fireball down the dungeon passageway..."
Post #44,280 by Ashton 7/2/02 5:13:49 PM Reply	From previous ugly experience I'd suggest you peruse it for a zIWE ancient lookup - now killing the connection. Happened to a couple of us - and Gawd Knoze WHAT XP might imagine it should do: M$ can't.. Luck. Ashton
Post #44,298 by wharris2 7/2/02 9:30:11 PM Reply	That sneaky little b*stard I don't know if it was Windows XP, some spyware thingie, some "helpful" utility, but you were right - there was an entry for z.iwethey there. Famous last RPG quotes: "I'll just shoot this fireball down the dungeon passageway..."

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