> 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 ...

> Thanks for these suggestions. I'll drive over to their place this weekend
> and try those four steps.
>
> Incidentally, the reason for the slightly odd "once only" wording of the
> title is that they claim that if they reboot the suspect Mac, they can
> download their emails once, but not subsequently until they reboot.
>
> This suggests something funny with Mail, but (and I've seen this with my own
> eyes) Safari is blocked as well.
>
> I'm not convinced they are reporting this bit correctly, although I can
> definitely confirm that the symptoms described in my original email are as
> described.
>
> Finally, how do I get to the firewall in the Mac?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> SteveT ...

> 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!).

>
> 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!
>
> Many thanks in anticipation,
>
> SteveT

> In article bt.com>,
> "Steve Thackery" nowhere.com> wrote:
>

>> I'm trying to help out a friend who has two Macs on a network connected via
>> ADSL to the...

> Could the problem be name resolution? Check the /etc/hosts file on the
> misbehaving machine to see if someone's (misguidedly) hardwired some bogus
> IP addresses for their ISP in it.

> 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.

> Incidentally, the reason for the slightly odd "once only" wording of the
> title is that they claim that if they reboot the suspect Mac, they can
> download their emails once, but not subsequently until they reboot.