[edlug] Wierd SuSE/Hotmail Problem

["Gordon Guthrie" <gordon_guthrie@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

Folks

I have 2 machines (1 intel laptop, 1 AMD desktop).

Both have a standard SuSE 9.0 install on them.

On one (this laptop) I can use Hotmail.

On the other I can't...

Hotmail takes you on a magic carpet ride of redirects, picking and dropping 
off cookies all along the way. I have checked that the cookie handling is 
the same, cleared out all the old cookies, set up Konqueror to accept 
Microsoft's cookie's, everything...

The (other) machine hangs on a particular URL. I can telnet into that URL on 
port 80, it resolves fine, so it is not a comms problem, merely that that 
machine won't bounce out of the redirect (or something)...

I have had Hotmail problems with earlier SuSE installs before using the 
firewall, and I have tried to switch the firewall off (without much sucess) 
- there is still an OpenBSD box between the internal network and the machine 
though.

Any suggestions as to how to crack this wierd nut... (and I don't mean 
dropping Hotmail, smart alec!)

Gordon

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