Firewall blocking Messenging in XP

I cannot receive instant messages from an internet site. I have allowed
popups from the site, so I believe it's the firewall that blocks them....a
window will pop up that someone wishes to contact me, but there is no message
in it.

The site does not have a downloadable messenger program (ala AOL, Yahoo) so
I don't know how to "allow" these messages.

Open xp firewall,exceptions,add program,browse the list for the service
and add it,close out firewall.

"XP novice" wrote:

I cannot receive instant messages from an internet site. I have allowed
popups from the site, so I believe it's the firewall that blocks them....a
window will pop up that someone wishes to contact me, but there is no message
in it.

The site does not have a downloadable messenger program (ala AOL, Yahoo) so
I don't know how to "allow" these messages.

hi all u have to do is go to control panel/firewall/exceptions tab u will
also see other programmes that are alowed like i/explorer etc, now tick add
programme then a list comes up ,scroll untill u see it , just click on what u
want to come through the fire wall ok mate , let me know how u go on
my email i am only good at the basics, by ray

RAY0711 wrote:

hi all u have to do is go to control panel/firewall/exceptions tab u
will also see other programmes that are alowed like i/explorer etc,
now tick add programme then a list comes up ,scroll untill u see it ,
just click on what u want to come through the fire wall ok mate , let
me know how u go on
my email i am only good at the basics, by
ray

To whom are you speaking? Please quote at least some of the previous
post(s) for clarity. Also, please type in mixed case and lose the
"chat-speak". This is a newsgroup, not a chatroom or a messageboard.
This will explain how better to use newsgroups:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you
learn to use a newsreader. Setting up a newsreader is very easy. There
are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use Outlook Express
since you already have it. Here are some links to information about
newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin...ge=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief
explanation of newsgroups

Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...roupsetup.mspx

How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Malke
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