Downloading from AOPA

[Lou]

Has anyone tried to download the eDirectory from AOPA's website?
I have tried 3 different times on 3 different computers with 2
different versions of windows.
I follow the directions and nothing happens. If anyone has tried this
successfully,
please give me an idea how it worked.
Lou

[DonMorrisey]

Hi Lou

I haven't specifically tried to download that but when I had problems
with similar issues it was because my pop up blocker was blocking the
file. You probably have the pop up blocker, on your tool bar, click on
that and then click on "allow pop ups from", if that's what blocked it,
it will appear there on a list and you can tell it to allow. If that
isn't it, try temporarily disabling any firewall or Norton device you
have active. Hope that helps.

Don.

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 11 Nov 2006 19:00:01 -0800, "DonMorrisey" >
wrote:

>Hi Lou
>
>I haven't specifically tried to download that but when I had problems
>with similar issues it was because my pop up blocker was blocking the
>file. You probably have the pop up blocker, on your tool bar, click on

If they are set up that way it's as outdated as sites that require
specific browsers. At least today's browsers allow us to permit them
from specific sites if we wish to. I do not, but scripts are
rendering that a moot point.

>that and then click on "allow pop ups from", if that's what blocked it,


>it will appear there on a list and you can tell it to allow. If that
>isn't it, try temporarily disabling any firewall or Norton device you

I wouldn't do that for God. The firewall that is. Norton has never
stopped anything for me yet from a web site. But shutting off the
firewall for convenience is one of the reasons we have so many zombies
spewing spam.

Never, ever disable the firewall to download something. The average
time to infection on broadband is less than one minute.
You only have to set there once watching the firewall block attempts,
or turn it off and have some one get in and it'll make a believer out
of you. Earlier this week the computer to the right of me took over
4,600,000 attempts in _one_day. At times you could not make out the
last two digits they were changing so fast. I've also set here and
watched a bot sequentially probe the ports on this computer. When it
failed it just started over.

If I have to disable the firewall for an installation, I now
physically disconnect the computer from the Internet.
The last time I had the firewall off for a couple of minutes
SpySweeper found three termites.

>have active. Hope that helps.
>
>Don.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

[jmk]

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>
> If I have to disable the firewall for an installation, I now
> physically disconnect the computer from the Internet.
> The last time I had the firewall off for a couple of minutes
> SpySweeper found three termites.

In this case it's not spyware firewall issues, it's the port. The
download from AOPA for the eDirectory stuff uses a different port
number - if I recall, the FTP port number. That is what's being
blocked. *If* it's being blocked at your local PC then you can
certainly open it up for a few minutes without problem. But if you are
trying to run from behind a corporate firewall or some such, it is
likely to be them that are blocking it.