On Feb 17, 2012 2:38 PM, "John Oliver" <<a href="mailto:jp.oliver@ntlworld.com">jp.oliver@ntlworld.com</a>> wrote: > > If it is only Firefox and Thunderbird affected, check the settings of those applications for stray proxy settings etc. Whilst I don't see how such peculiar settings could have come into force, they could have done, and my advice is to check the network settings in Firefox/Thunderbird preferences. > > Regards, > John Oliver And of course, if it's from behind the firewall in work, you might need to tell it about your proxy server! Cofion/regards, Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone.