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Re: nntp (bla bla) open error


From: Joel Reicher
Subject: Re: nntp (bla bla) open error
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 12:56:37 GMT
User-agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3

romeomedina@libero.it (Rodolfo Medina) writes:

> (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "powernews.libero.it"))

> , but when I start Gnus via M-x gnus it still says 
> 
>       nntp (powernews.libero.it) open error
> 
> . How come?

Have you requested access to this server? It won't accept connections
from just anyone:

# telnet powernews.libero.it nntp
Trying 193.70.192.192...
Connected to powernews.libero.it.
Escape character is '^]'.
502 Permission Denied - IP Auth Fails - POWERNEWS news server (Twister v1.2.0)
Connection closed by foreign host.

Cheers,

        - Joel

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