Re: Can ping server, but not connect to it

[Alasdair]

Thanks for your reply.  I don't think it's a permission problem, as I can
connect quite nicely using knode (which is what I'm using at the moment. 
But knode's a bit slow and inefficient).  It seems to be a problem somehow
with connecting from within emacs.

I have the same problem using slrn (a console based newsreader); even though
ping is fine, I can't connect.  It seems to be some type of system problem,
but I can't pin it down

-Alasdair

> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008  07:43:34 +1100, Alasdair wrote:
> 
>> The title says it all; I can ping to the server news.mel.connect.com.au,
>> and I've set gnus-select-method correctly; also gnus-nntp-server is set
>> to nil. But every time I try to start gnus, I'm told I can't connect to
>> the server. Does anybody know why this could be and how I can fix it?
> 
> Maybe you need permission to access that server from the servers owner?
> When I try to access it, I get:
> 
>  $ telnet news.mel.connect.com.au nntp
>  Trying 210.8.230.24...
>  Connected to news-south.bur.connect.com.au.
>  Escape character is '^]'.
>  502 You have no permission to talk.  Goodbye.
>  Connection closed by foreign host.
>  $
> 
> What happens if you telnet to it on the nntp port?
> 
> 
>   Best regards,
>