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Re: Dear NNTP users,
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:21:22 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
Tim David wrote:

I've come back here for some advice
The setup requires the Mail: (SMTP) Server. Is this for my mail account?
if so I'm assuming a Hotmail account won't work?
I checked on the Outlook Newreader, It doesn't ask for this but does ask
for a Reply Address which I'm not sure what to put.

If I remember correct you can leave the SMTP empty, it's only used if you
reply to a message by email instead of to the newsgroup.
Reply address should always be your regular email address, so people can
email you if they want to reply in private.

Thanks to both you and steve for your help
Still doesn't work mind you! I'm wondering XP firewall issues but as the missus
is using the computer I'll have to test some other time.
FreeAgent gives a windsock error Connection refused by server (10061) while OE
does nothing.

Tim



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(...) Yes the latest Windows firewall does have issues - I have stopped using it as my ADSL modem has a firewall. But before that I used Sygate firewall (URL) with no problems. Also, make sure you're using the correct port 1119, not the default 119. (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) If I remember correct you can leave the SMTP empty, it's only used if you reply to a message by email instead of to the newsgroup. Reply address should always be your regular email address, so people can email you if they want to reply in (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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