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from: Mike O`Connor
date: 2004-11-12 13:11:26
subject: Re: OT: Can someone in USA check this URL for me please? - FIXED!

Chris Ayers wrote:

>Mike,
>
>Maybe they have it fixed now as it brought up an article on the Sony
>Ericsson K700i review here with no problem.  Using IBM Web Browser 2.03
>on Warp 4 FP 15.
>
>Chris
>



Hi Chris, Jon, George, Al,
Thanks to all!
In the interim after getting George's direct e-mail response, I finally 
managed to get through to PCMag and send following message to 
subhelp{at}pcmag.com

> Hi PC Magazine:
>
> I was wondering whether one of your servers had "fallen-over" for the 
> past several days?
> Obviously the following would be news to you:
>
>> George Czerw wrote:
>>
>>> ** Reply to message from Mike O'Connor
 on Sat,
>>> 13 Nov 2004 02:20:02 +1000
>>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> It doesn't work from here in the US either!
>>>
>>> George
>>>  
>>>
>>>> http://ct.enews.pcmag.com 
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Guys/Gals,
>>>>
>>>> I am subscribed to the PC Magazine ProductWire  - First Looks 
>>>> Newsletters, and every link is of a similar format to the 
next line:
>>>>
>>>>
http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1228-4-54-258197-116258-0-0-0-1
>>>>
>>>> I can never get a connection and running nslookup/whois against the 
>>>> main part of the above URL yields:
>>>>
>>>> [384SDRAM E:\]nslookup ct.enews.pcmag.com
>>>> Server:  ns03-syd.comindico.com.au
>>>> Address:  203.194.27.57
>>>>
>>>> *** ns03-syd.comindico.com.au can't find ct.enews.pcmag.com: Server 
>>>> failed
>>>>
>>>> [384SDRAM E:\]k:\whois\whois ct.enews.pcmag.com
>>>> No match for "CT.ENEWS.PCMAG.COM".
>>>>
>>>> Could someone in USA try to connect to ct.enews.pcmag.com, to see 
>>>> whether it's just a problem from Australia.
>>>>
>>>> Of course all the feedback/subscription enquiry URLs are all at the 
>>>> same base-URL!!
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>
>> Hi George,
>>
>> Thanks for that confirmation.
>> If only I could get that message to PC Magazine!
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>> Mike
>>
>> Failed the exam for
>> --------------------
>> MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert
>> --------------------
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>> [Please use zipped versions of above]
>>
Response to that was:

Your customer service request has been received by PC Magazine. You 
should receive an email response in 2-3 business days.

Following Chris's response, I tried again and did get the links to work 
as designed.

Thanks again to all.

-- 
Regards,
Mike

Failed the exam for
--------------------
MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert
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[ISP blocks *.exe, *.cmd, *.com, *.bat, *.reg attachments]
[Please use zipped versions of above]



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