bug#17879: 24.3.92; package-refresh-contents hangs at contacting host melpa.milbox.net:80

[Jan D.]

> 24 feb 2015 kl. 02:56 skrev Peter John Hadlaw <hadlawp@gmail.com>:
> 
> I would like to confirm that I too am experiencing this bug using many 
> different Emacs installs. Be it macports, homebrew, or railwaycat’s port. 
> Wondering if there is a fix or patch that can solve this?

Please do not change the subject to something that does not describe the bug.
The recepie has

'("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/";) t)

but that address returns 404.  Is that the address you are using?

        Jan D.