Re: Firewall no longer stopping Messenger pop-ups

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 08/01/03 

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:04:00 -0600

Kelly;
If your firewall is set to stop the Messenger Service ads and they are
getting through, you do not need to check to see if the firewall is
working or not.
It isn't.
Check the configuration of your firewall, verifying the ports
mentioned near the bottom of this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330904 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
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"Kelly" <skroldan@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:067901c357c7$a6fe7bf0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> My firewall is no longer stopping the annoying blue/gray
> Messgenger messages. It is still set to do so, but I have
> recently started getting them again. Any thoughts? Is
> there an easy way to see if my firewall is working
> properly?
>
> Thanks!

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