576095 - On multiple pages, Firefox will say that the server is not found for the website I'm requesting

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[joanneharbert]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6

This is driving me crazy! I keep getting server not found messages. It happens on other computers, too. Another Dell desktop running XP SP3, and an HP laptop running XP SP3. Here, let me just paste the most recent one, which said that it couldn't locate the server for MOZILLA!

Server not found
       
Firefox can't find the server at www.mozilla.com.

    *   Check the address for typing errors such as
          ww.example.com instead of
          www.example.com

    *   If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
          connection.

    *   If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
          that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.



      
      

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to a website. It happens frequently with mail.yahoo.com
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Actual Results:  
Server not found

Expected Results:  
I expected it to go to mail.yahoo.com, which should be the second easiest page to load after Google.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

joanneharbert, did you resolve your issue?

Comment 2

[Stan]

I'm experiencing this issue, too. However, I believe that in my case, it may be related to the fact that I sometimes have 50+ windows open. (Yes, I know, silly!) Regardless of how silly having 50+ windows may be, Firefox shouldn't lose the ability to do DNS queries, right? IE 9, Safari 5, as well as Outlook 2010 and the OS itself (via nslookup in a command window) continue to be able to perform DNS queries without a problem. I'm using Firefox 4.0.1 on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 4 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Stan, if you see this in a Fresh profile, please open a new bug