I have never been able to receive files that other users send me. To illustrate this, I ran two instances of mIRC, one with the nickname PedroSJC, and the other as PeterSJC:
1. PedroSJC issues Tools | Send File... to send a file to PeterSJC. After completing the dialog, he sees the status messages "Sending request, Awaiting reply".
2. PeterSJC sees the File Warning dialog box and clicks OK. He then sees the mIRC DCC Get dialog box and clicks Accept. He then sees a "0% Get PedroSJC Photo_021707_006.jpg" dialog box with the status messages "Accepting send, Connection failed". In the status window, he sees "DCC Get of Photo_021707_006.jpg from PedroSJC incomplete (unable to connect)".
3. PedroSJC sees the status messages "Awaiting reply, Transfer timed out".
I am running mIRC v6.3 under Vista. I am not using Windows Firewall and have turned off all of the Norton Internet Security settings.
Any ideas?