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  • Subject: RE: ads.midrange.com
  • From: "Sean Porterfield" <sporter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:25:05 -0400
  • Importance: Normal

The answer isn't good for David, but if you edit your \WINDOWS\HOSTS file
and add
127.0.0.1 ads.midrange.com

(or if you have 127.0.0.1, just append to the line)  The lookup will fail
faster, but the ads will not display.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Bale, Dan
>Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 3:50 PM
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject: ads.midrange.com
>
>
>I know almost nothing about how web pages work or what you call the part
>of the URL that comes right after the http:// and before the first
>period.  Normally this is "www", but in some cases it isn't.  When
>trying to access any of the *.midrange.com site, and in particular
>http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/, it seems that the browser gets
>stuck with:
>
>     Connect: Host ads.midrange.com contacted.  Waiting for reply.
>
>which sits there for about two minutes, doing seemingly nothing.  Once
>the "ads." message disappears, the rest of the page loads fairly
>quickly.  I'm guessing that the ads.midrange.com is actually hitting
>something external to David's server to fetch ads?  Is there any way to
>speed up this page, either on my end or on David's?  Absolutely no
>offense intended David!  I'm just not a good waiter!  ;-)
>
>Dan Bale
>IT - AS/400
>Handleman Company
>248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
>D.Bale@Handleman.com
>  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
>  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
>
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