Fredrik Lundh wrote: > check your proxy configuration. most likely, your new machine is set up > to route all requests via a remote proxy.
Here's me looking like a fool :-) The parts of the machine (eg Firefox, GAIM etc) that I'd set up use a direct connection - it looks like the guy who'd had the machine before me used a proxy with IE... > (on windows, you'll find the proxy configuration under "Internet > Options" - "Connections" - "LAN Settings". before you do anything else, > make sure "Bypass proxy server for local addresses" is checked) Interestingly the "Bypass proxy server for local addresses" was checked. Anyway, I've changed it to a direct connection, and all seems well. Thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
