[thelist] RE: this operation timed out

[Ken Schaefer]

There's a network connectivity issue somewhere.

Basically it means that your client (e.g. your web browser) has given up
waiting for a response from the remote server. Either the remote server is
not responding, or the packets/signals are not getting from your computer to
the remote server and back again.

You may wish to contact your ISP to see if they are having any issues...

Cheers
Ken

: -----Original Message-----
: From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
: bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Steven Streight
: Sent: Monday, 21 February 2005 2:46 PM
: To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
: Subject: [thelist] RE: this operation timed out
: 
: When my browser presents me with a message: "Alert!
: This operation timed out when attempting to contact
: [URL]."
: 
: What does this generally refer to?
: 
: I am supposing that it means my internet connection
: has disconnected. Usually during a disconnect, an
: orange MSN tab at bottom of browser chrome starts
: flashing. But not always.
: 
: I'm on MSN dial-up and considering a change. Today,
: I've been disconnected about 8 times, and it's 4 times
: within one minute, then time passes, then another 4
: times within two minutes. Strange.
: 
: Server overload due to people shopping or surfing the
: information superhighway?