[Hudlug] some progress with w3m but can't connect

[MICHAEL WEAVER]

Tried the web page you suggested for Bradford College and still got the 
"Can't load" message which was probably the same as when I tried to log 
onto the BT site.
I tried a ping www.google.com and got an "unknown host" error message.

John Southern wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> I am now replying to my reply!
>
>   
>> What I get when I launch w3m is something like "opening socket" followed
>> by I think "can't load www.btinternet.com" or "unable to load
>> www.btinternet.com"
>>     
>
> Using the w3m-img to connect to either www.google.com or www.btinternet.com I 
> occasionally (2 out of every 5 attempts) get the opening socket on the 
> console for a short while (three or four seconds), before it loads in the 
> page and images.
> Other sites that have graphics appear to be similar.
> A very old page that is text only, works fast and I cannot get the open 
> sockets error to appear is
>
> w3m www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/textonly/default.htm
>
> Does that give a connection?
>
> Regards
> John
>
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