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From: Lute Kamstra <Lute.Kamstra@cwi.nl>
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Subject: Re: "couldn't open server" error
Date: 14 Aug 2002 07:53:22 +0200
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Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Lute Kamstra <Lute.Kamstra@cwi.nl> writes:
> 
> > Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
> >
> >> SpiceBug </*no_spam*/spicebug@freesurf.fr> writes:
> >> 
> >> > I meet the message "couldn't open server" while trying to get new news.
> >> > I saw numerous posts addressing this problem, but replies only propose
> >> > hacks, and they all are old.
> >> >
> >> > _My question :_ is it a configuration problem, or a
> >> > still-and-uncorrected bug ?
> >> 
> >> Without more details I'd say it is a bug.  Please elaborate.
> >
> > Why not the obvious?  The server could be down.
> 
> That would be too easy. :-)
> 
> But you are right.  Still it is a bug, just not a Gnus bug. :-)

Yep, this could actually be one of those real bugs: an insect that
crawled into the server, causing it to fry.  :-)

Lute.

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