The Sound server is currently operational...
What is the error your recieving?
Can you ping sounds.msgplus.net
Can you view
http://sounds.msgplus.net/
If you can do both of the above, please try the following:
Goto the start menu
Select Run Program
In the dialog box type "cmd" without the quotes (or "command" is using windows 98/ME)
In the comand prompt window, Type "tracert sounds.msgplus.net"
Now right click and select "Mark"
now click and drag the cursor to select the text that was output by the program tracert
Right click again to copy the text to your clipboard
Reply to the thread and paste the contents of that tracert so we can analyze the problem