What does the “Timeout waiting for PowWow to respond at user@domain.org to respond.” message mean?
This message appears when the person you are trying to reach receives your chat request but does not reply before a time-out occurs at your end. A time-out occurs after sixty (60) seconds. To increase the time, add the line TIMEOUT=120 to the [PowWow] section of your C:\WINDOWS\POWWOW.INI file. This will increase the time to 120 seconds. If the this does not work, the person you are trying to call has probably left their computer and not turned the answering machine on. Try sending them email with the date and time you tried to call them. [Back] [Top] B11) What does the “Timeout waiting for connection to remote host domain.org” message mean? This occurs when PowWow cannot reach the person you are trying to contact before a time-out occurs. Reasons for this include: • The person you are trying to reach is no longer running PowWow. • The person you are trying to reach is using a SLIP/PPP emulator on their Internet service provider’s computers. See A6), above, for an explanation of why th
