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Re: Broken FTX linking?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Wed, 16 Jan 2002 23:11:33 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Cary Clark writes:
> > The FAQ entry:
> > http://www.lugnet.com/~330/FAQ/Administrative/outlook
> > contains this FTX:
> > ...favorite USENET newsgroups such as <news:rec.toys.lego>. ...
> >
> > I'm pretty sure this used to work. It resolves to:
> > http://www.lugnet.com/jump.cgi?news:rec.toys.lego
> > which for me results in a 'page not found' page on IE. Other jump.cgi uses
> > resolve fine.
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> For me (On IE 5.00), it attempts to open a newsreader, and resolve the group
> from the name list available from my news server. This fails, because I'm
> at work, and default to internal NNTP servers, which don't port through
> usenet groups. However, it should work if you have a news client, and your
> news server is configured to receive usenet groups.
...and your browser is configured to open your news client when receiving a
"news:" URL. In IE, choose Tools | Internet Options, choose the "Programs" tab,
and select your news client in the "Newsgroups" field.
ROSCO
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| (...) ... (...) This link: news:rec.toys.lego works fine for me. (opens the news client, etc.) This link: (URL) not work for me. Are you saying that this works for you? Cary (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Broken FTX linking?
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| (...) For me (On IE 5.00), it attempts to open a newsreader, and resolve the group from the name list available from my news server. This fails, because I'm at work, and default to internal NNTP servers, which don't port through usenet groups. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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