[OT] about gmane

[OT] about gmane

[Harry Putnam]

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?

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?

Re: [OT] about gmane

[W. Greenhouse]

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.

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Re: [OT] about gmane

[Harry Putnam]

W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net>
writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> 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.

Even though I said I had checked there...(http://gmane.org/denied.php)
somehow I still missed seeing it:
   z65-xx-xx-xx.ips.xxxxxxx.com (20140419)

I noticed (and reported) it the same day you answered my post so I had
hopes of getting is squared away to day... but no soap so far and no
responses to my report on gmane.discuss either.