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From: W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse-sGOZH3hwPm2sTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>
To: info-gnus-english-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [OT] about gmane
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 00:56:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877g6kq0n8.fsf@motoko.kusanagi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bnvwswyq.fsf@newsguy.com>

Harry Putnam <reader-kFrNdAxtuftBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Sorry to bring this here, but I cannot get a connection to gmane and
> got here through my regular nntp server (enews.newsguy.com).
>
> I'm unable to connect to news.gmane.org, and am getting prompted for a
> username.  Can anyone verify that gmane is up?

It's working fine for me.

> Last time that happened it was because my ISP had been blackballed off
> gmane, but I checked at http://gmane.org/denied.php and did not see
> my outward facing IP there.
>
> Any other reasons why I might suddenly be getting a username prompt
> with gnus trys to connect to gmane?

Blacklist is the only reason I've ever seen this happen. I'd suggest
using the web interface to report it to gmane.discuss.

--
Best,
WGG

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-04-20  0:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-19 23:47 Harry Putnam
2014-04-20  0:56 ` W. Greenhouse [this message]
2014-04-21 22:34   ` Harry Putnam

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