My Firewall is keeping me from getting to my email

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Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:35:54 -0800

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>-----Original Message-----
>I am running sygate firewall. When I try to go to my email
inbox from msn
>messenger 6.2 the browser opens up and trys to load
forever but never gets
>there.
>
>Now when I turn off my software firewall it works just
fine. (I know turning
>off a firewall is not very smart but I have a hardware
router also protecting
>me)
>
>msnmsgr.exe is allowed to run in my firewall. Is there
another file that is
>required? I have nothing blocked in my firewall currently.
So this seems very
>strange. I've reinstalled both my firewall and msn
messenger. Still works the
>same.
>
>Help!
>.
>

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