[OPLINTECH] Calling all Gurus

[Bill Hardison]

It looks like what I have seen when an IP address is blacklisted or in some
other way blocked by the "other guy" or their firewall.  Contact the USPS
and see if they have any such procedure in place.


*Bill*

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On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Mindy Holmes <holmesme at oplin.org> wrote:

>  I am experiencing a unique problem.  There is a particular website that
> won't load within our library (I will list the URL below).  It is a link to
> the USPS to print a return label for Alibris.  The link does not work on
> any PC in our network.  Here is what I have tried:
>
>
>    - Mulitiple Browsers
>    - Multiple Browser with not add-ons
>    - Temporarily disabling antivirus software
>    - Watching the traffic pass through the firewall - no blocks
>    - Plugging a laptop that the linked worked on from home directly into
>    our OPLIN router
>    - Pinging the IP address for the site
>    - Telnet to the site on port 80 and running - GET / HTTP/1.1 host:
>    returns.usps.com  (which does respond as it should)
>
>
> The link still will not load.  It just endlessly cycles and eventually
> times out.   I am sure there is a needle in the haystack I have missed.
> Any thoughts on what this could be are greatly appreciated.  Here is the
> ornery URL:
>
>
> https://returns.usps.com/CreateLabel.aspx?MRSID=313600&DisplayType=Customer&ShippingInfoIncluded=No
>
> Mindy Holmes
> Mason Public Library
>
>
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