MSN fails to receive files via transfer

[mikeytoospikey]

wenever somebody sends a file to me, it always fails
it cums up, you have failed to recieve the file, then after tht it says I have recieved it! but it is nowhere on the machine

HELP PLZ

[MartinBradley]

Do you have a firewall running?

If so, which one, and try disabling the firewall, then see if the problem still occurs.

Then, if it works, it is obviously the firewall which is causing a problem. But before we can tell you how to give permission to allow the file transfers, lets try and determine what is causing the problem.

[mikeytoospikey]

ok, but what is a firewall? somtimes the file does get sent, but 90% of the time it fails with sayin it fails, then sayin its recived

[MartinBradley]

Ah well, if the file gets sent sometimes, then it can't be the firewall.

As for what a firewall is, here's a couple of definitions:

quote: A method of protecting one network from another network. A firewall blocks unwanted access to the protected network while giving the protected network access to networks outside of the firewall. A company will typically install a firewall to give users access to the internet while protecting their internal information.

quote: Software (or a computer running such software) that prevents unauthorized access to a network, by users outside of the network.

quote: Hardware or software that secures computer files by blocking unauthorized access.