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Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused

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On 13/06/2026 4:19 am, Hank Rogers wrote:
> R Daneel Olivaw wrote on 6/12/2026 1:12 PM:
>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>> frg wrote on 6/11/2026 1:27 PM:
>>>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>> Ant wrote on 6/11/2026 11:08 AM:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My SM v2.53.23 (User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64;
>>>>>> rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.23 Build
>>>>>> identifier: 20251124114742) showed me "Update Failed ... Connection
>>>>>> refused" a few minutes ago, automatically and manually. :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.seamonkey-project.org/ was fine. I assume it is the 
>>>>>> update
>>>>>> server. What about the rest of you?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for reading and answering soon. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe it's because you're already running the latest version 
>>>>> (2.53.23) ?
>>>>
>>>> Update Server problem. The next Beta is done and I hope ewong fixes 
>>>> this then too when he configures it.
>>>>
>>>> frg
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Seamonkey's update has never worked right for me, or it's been so 
>>> very long I've forgotten it working. I'm not sure why this is, but it 
>>> doesn't really matter because new updates are announced here and 
>>> other places, so I know if it's time to visit seamonkey.org and get 
>>> the new version.
>>
>> It stopped working for years, but that got fixed a couple of years 
>> back and - depending on your settings - the update can happen 
>> automatically, you can be told that there is an update or nothing 
>> happens at all.
>>
>> That all applies to Windows setups, it's controlled via Preferences > 
>> Advanced > Software Installtion.  On my Windows machine, I have it set 
>> to check daily, it then informs me that there's a new level.  There's 
>> also a "Check for Updates" under Help.
>>
>> My Linux machines do not have that option, presumably they've been 
>> compiled that way.  No idea about the Apple world.
> 
> Yeah, it don't work on my machine.  Maybe it's because seamonkey isn't 
> installed on the C: drive.  I've thought about a lot of other things, 
> but it's really not worth putting in a lot of effort to track it down.
> 
My SeaMonkey IS installed on the C: (only windows drive I have a.t.m.) 
and I've just tried Help -> Check for Updates and got an "Update Failed" 
screen. Apparently the 'SeaMonkey could not be updated because 
Connection refused'!
-- 
Daniel70

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Update Failed ... Connection refused ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-06-11 16:08 +0000
  Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-11 13:19 -0500
    Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused frg <frgrahl@gmx.net> - 2026-06-11 20:27 +0200
      Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-11 14:48 -0500
        Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-06-12 20:12 +0200
          Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-12 13:19 -0500
            Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-06-13 19:23 +1000
              Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-06-13 15:41 +0200
          Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused Geoff Welsh <GeeDubya@some.rr.com> - 2026-06-15 09:54 -1000
            Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-06-16 12:50 +0200

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