Hi Dick,
Have you changed the EXTRES.INI file proxy to that of your work proxy? It's the only thing I can think of seeng your firewall is enabled. Here's the relevant section of the file: ; Cartes du Ciel , Sky Charts 2.7 ; ; definition for externals resources ; <----------------delete these for the next 2 lines ;[proxy] <---------don't delete the ; on this line ;proxy=192.168.0.1 <---------- change this to your work proxy ;proxyport=8080 <---------- Change this to your work port ;proxyuser= <---------- leave unchanged if not required ;proxypass= <---------- leave unchanged if not required ;[ftp_firewall] <-----------forget about this section for now ; mode can take the following values: ; 0 - Default direct conection USER[+PASS[+ACCT]] ; 1 - SITE <hostname> ; 2 - USER after logon ; 3 - Transparent ; 4 - proxy OPEN ; 5 - USER with no logon ; 6 - USER [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; 7 - USER [EMAIL PROTECTED] fireID ; 8 - USER [EMAIL PROTECTED]@remotehost ;mode=0 ;passv=1 ;host=192.168.0.1 ;port=8080 ;user= ;pass= ; Currently visible comets from IAUC / CBAT ; [CBAT_comets] url=http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft06Cmt.txt info=http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/ ; --- In [email protected], "Dick Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Geoff, thanks for your concern. At work I still cannot connect, > getting the "Error: 500" message. The problem is not Zone Alarm in > my situation, the check marks and not X's are there for Ciel.exe. > But I am not concerned, since my workaround to download the file > separately, rename it and put it in place is okay. It would be, of > course, easier if I could download the file through the Ciel menu, > but at least I'm not completely out of luck. In any case, I have no > trouble at home, and that's where it really counts anyway. > Dick > > --- In [email protected], "Geoff Dudley" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Dick Berg" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > This morning, at work, I still cannot connect to the Harvard > site > > > for either comet or asteroid update files. > > > > Hi Dick, > > > > Just wondering if you've solved this problem? I have no trouble > > getting their data even on my S L O W 28Kbbs connection... > > > > --Geoff To Post a message, send it to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
