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David> David S. Goldberg <URL:mailto:dsg@mitre.org>

>> Why isn't it possible that gnus connect *directly* to the foreign
>> server using telnet?  Apparently talking to a external news server
>> through telnet works (through the firewall):


0> In article <m1bu2py9q9k.fsf@blackbird.mitre.org>, David wrote:

David> Whatever your sysadmin told you, your firewall isn't blocking
David> NNTP.

Unless the telnet program he's using has some non-standard magic
compiled into it (e.g. SOCKS support) that Emacs doesn't.

Not sure how to configure the Gnus nntp backend to use an external
telnet, though - is it in the manual?