I am trying to run up the xhld0 mod. I get this error when trying to add a rss feed:

Failed saving data to database for headline ABC
Could not open file:http://abc.net.au/sport/syndicate/sport_all.xml
Snoopy status=connection failed (145)

I am a bit new to all of this but I think I am doing the right thing. I have set up an rss feed mod before without problems. I have tried a few different feeds from different sites but all with the same result.

What is going wrong for me??

Do you sit behind firewall or proxy?!
Can you open this feed in browser?
What is your timeout settings for feed?

At work I am behind a firewall and proxy but the same problem happens at home.
I can open the feed and it looks like a normal xml feed beginning with
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
- <rss version="2.0">
I have tried 10 secs and 30 secs for time out but both give the same result. The error appears way before the 30 sec timeout is up.

My host is pretty tight on their php.ini setup. Is there something in this that could cause the problem?