In article <2NNhf.5760$3o6.1336545@twister.southeast.rr.com>, G.T. Tyson
<gtyson@nc.rr.com> writes

This is turning out to be more of a pain in the arse than I had expected.

Now the icon in the lower-right corner is tells me I am "Connected To 
Host"  but when I attempt to attach the BOINC software to a project such 
as SETI@home, I get yet another error screen informing me SETI@home "is 
not included among the BOINC-sanctioned projects".

(30 minutes later) Now it's not connecting again.  The firewall is 
completely turned off.

????????????????????

gtt

This may be part of the answer to this problem (from S@H web site) -

November 25, 2005 
We are getting reports of problems attaching to SETI@home, and are
working to resolve them. 
If you get stuck in the Proxy Info dialog, make sure you're connected to
the Internet and that BOINC is not blocked by a personal firewall. More
help is here. 
If you're not getting email with your account key, make sure your ISP
isn't blocking email from SETI@home, and try again. 
If the BOINC Manager fails to connect, try restarting BOINC (this
problem will be fixed in the next BOINC release). 
Please go to the Questions and Answers area for help. 


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