From: "Dapper Dan"

| This is not an OS issue but given my experience with ME's regulars, I
| thought this would be an appropriate place to obtain a resolution.

| I have just returned from a 2 week vacation in Hilton Head. I travelled with
| our laptop and had no trouble accessing the web or using Outlook while en
| route. However once there, I could no longer send mail in Outlook, although
| I could receive. The only other issue I had was that for some reason I could
| not access a particular website (www.skygolf.com) in order to download
| specific golf courses to my skycaddie GPS system. I initially thought that
| the website was offline but after calling the support staff, it was
| suggested that the problem was firewall related. It was not my firewall
| software because I configured it to allow skygolf, so I am assuming it was
| the router firewall.

| The villa/condo we rented had broadband wireless internet. On one occasion I
| was able to switch to another weaker wireless signal (offsite) that allowed
| access to skygolf and also to send mail via Outlook but I could not find
| that access again, which further reinforced the notion that the problem was
| related to the hardware firewall. Thus the question is what are my options
| if I should experience a similar problem in future travels? Is there a
| workaround?

| Thanks in advance.

| Dan


Skygolf may have been blocked by the Service Provider of the rental, a firewall or they
may have had a DNS problem.

As for Outlook not sending email, they may be blocking Port 25. Look to see if you can
use an alternate like TCP port 587 for SMTP.

You may want to get a Verizon or other Cellular Wireless card so you are not limited by a
third party who may do port blocking and/or filtering.


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Dave
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