gethostbyname error / connection refused

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Joe Sloppy

gethostbyname error / connection refused

Post by Joe Sloppy »

Well, Here I am again, sorry but I think I have asked this before at the other forum, can't search it though, so here it goes again.

Just upgraded to the newest release of Newspro v3.62 and now I keep getting these "newspro - gethostbyname error (20002)" Errors.

Is it my connection, newspro, or just bad timing, thanks for you help again!
alex
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Post by alex »

if your browser still works - and it works since you got here (otherwise it could be something with the ISP dns server) delete/readd the newspro entry in your firewall, most probably the firewall denies access from the changed executable without warning you (check firewall settings, maybe you disabled warnings yourself).

DNS resolution is the first thing that is done when estabilishing a connection (for non-numeric names), sometimes firewalls allow dns resolution but deny access later when the applications tries to connect (then you see "connection refused" or similar error).
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