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Re: Update Failed ... Connection refused

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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.

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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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