In article <nZadnSmeirlGURXVnZ2dnUVZ8u-dnZ2d@bt.com>, "Steve Thackery" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to help out a friend who has two Macs on a network connected via > ADSL to the internet. I should warn you in advance that I'm not a Mac > user!). > > They've got a really weird problem on one of their machines (a G5 running > Tiger 10.4.11). It refuses to display certain web pages, and refuses to > download their emails. > > They have a domain hosted by me2uweb.com, and use the SMTP and POP servers > on their domain for their emails. For some reason, their Mail program > simply won't connect to their me2uweb email servers. Interestingly, they > also have an email account with BT Internet, and it will get and send emails > on that account just fine. > > I obviously thought there was something wrong with the account settings in > Mail, but they are perfectly correct. > > I then discovered that Safari won't display any web pages that are hosted by > me2uweb! However, Safari will happily display pages anywhere else on the > Web. > > I immediately thought that me2uweb.com were blocking their IP address for > some reason, but they assure me they are not. In any case, my friends' > other Mac, which sits on the very same network behind the very same ADSL > router, works perfectly! It will send and receive emails from their me2uweb > email servers, it will display web pages from me2uweb-hosted domains as well > as everywhere else. > > I believe that their router provides their IP address, so if it were blocked > by me2uweb it should block both machines. > > In summary, one of the Macs on their network refuses to play ball with > anything hosted by me2uweb (web pages or email servers), but works fine in > all other respects. The other Mac on their network works perfectly, > including with me2uweb. > > I am completely stumped. Could anyone make any suggestions? Is this a > known problem? I'm afraid I'm totally in the dark when it comes to Macs!
For starters, compare all the network settings on both Macs. The network settings are accessible via "system preferences" which is available under the pull down Apple menu.
