[Bioperl-l] Help can't solve an internal 500 error

[David Humphreys]

Hi bioperl-groovers,

Has anyone ever seen the following error message?


MSG: WebDBSeqI Request error:
500 Can't connect to eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80 (Bad protocol 'tcp')

I have traced previous threads from the archives but they appear to 
be slightly different internal 500 error. What is confusing me the 
most is that the script that leaves this error worked perfectly on my 
older machine (running win XP) but not on my colleagues machine (also 
running XP). The errors cascade from deep within bioperl and I have a 
feeling it has something to do with the way the machine is setup 
rather than the scripts themselves. Any ideas?

thanks in advance

Dave