HexChat File Transfer Fail
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hippchikk · 2020-01-12 21:27

I have been an MIRC user for years but all of a sudden it will not
connect to any servers. I decided to download a new IRC client. I
tried both XChat and HexChat and am having the following issue with
both. I can connect to a server just fine. I can even request a file.
However when it cues up, whether I have it set to auto-accept or
manually choose accept the file times out and fails. There has to be
something I am missing. Can someone tell me why this might be
happening?

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webvictim · 2020-01-12 23:24

DCC needs to be able to make a direct connection from your PC to the
sender in order to transfer the file. If this connection cannot be
made, the file will not transfer. Check whether you have any firewalls
configured, or whether you’ve changed anything recently that might
account for a connection failure.

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hippchikk · 2020-01-13 00:06

I turned off the firewall and the intrusion protection and it still
failed to connect. Is there anything else that you can think of?

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hippchikk · 2020-01-13 00:24

Also when I look in Norton's log it isn't showing that anything is
being blocked.