MOC> Hi Guys/Gals,

 MOC> I am subscribed to the PC Magazine ProductWire  - First Looks
 MOC> Newsletters, and every link is of a similar format to the
 MOC> next line:

 MOC> http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/c
 MOC> ts?d=184-1228-4-54-258197-116258-0-0-0-1

 MOC> I can never get a connection and running nslookup/whois
 MOC> against the main part of the above URL yields:

FWIW: this seems to work from my location...

 11/26/04 15:25:36 dns ct.enews.pcmag.com
 Canonical name: ct.enews.pcmag.com
 Addresses:
   204.92.146.67

it is possible that your DNS server is/was having problems... i use the
same ones that University of North Carolina uses...

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