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From: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren)
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Can ping server, but not connect to it
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:20:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fxuhrps0.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fs6fh0$n83$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au>

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,

-- 
 "You know, if the sun was an oboe, what would you do?"       Adam Sjøgren
                                                         asjo@koldfront.dk

  reply	other threads:[~2008-03-23 23:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-23 20:43 Alasdair
2008-03-23 23:20 ` Adam Sjøgren [this message]
2008-03-23 23:26   ` Alasdair
2008-03-23 23:32     ` Adam Sjøgren
2008-03-24  3:45       ` Alasdair

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