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Re: They took away my LUGNET
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:35:24 GMT
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Well you could always get someone to print out messages and fax them over!
;)
"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
news:GyC9C9.JK5@lugnet.com...
> Nope, they fully restrict almost all ports that would allow me to connect
> via NNTP, I can't even FTP, or connect to my MAIL server directly (i have • to
> use sites like WEB2MAIL.com to get my personal email)
>
> There is also a rule in the guidelines that restricts me from accessing my
> own ISP using their equipment (that includes the phone lines).
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> I understand where they are coming from, being a company as large as ours
> they probally have all kind of people using the system for things it
> shouldn't be used for, thus eating up a lot of bandwith. But you'd think
> being a telcom company we'd have bandwith to spare, guess not.
>
> jt
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> In lugnet.general, Rob Hendrix writes:
> > NNTP?
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
> > news:GyC2up.38r@lugnet.com...
> > > I got to work this morning and was ready to catch up on last night's • LUGNET
> > > post while I had my morning Dr. Pepper and what do I find out?! My • company's
> > > proxy server is now blocking "web chatting" sites, basicly all news • servers
> > > (plus internet auction sites)! They've always blocked game sites, adult
> > > sites and a few others, but this blocking of news server sites is • awful.
> > > What will I do all day not knowing what is going on in the LEGO world?!
> > >
> > > I did send an email in protest and made up some pretty lame reasons why • I
> > > need to access news.lugnet.com, so we'll see if they buy it.
> > >
> > > A co-worker has ofter to set me up an account on an off site server • that
> > he
> > > runs where I connect to it via the web and can browse out to where ever • I
> > > want, so I'll have to see how that works. Of course they'll probally • figure
> > > that one out some day and block access to it also.
> > >
> > > Well for now I'll have to get my LUGNET fix before I go to work.
> > >
> > > jt
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| Nope, they fully restrict almost all ports that would allow me to connect via NNTP, I can't even FTP, or connect to my MAIL server directly (i have to use sites like WEB2MAIL.com to get my personal email) There is also a rule in the guidelines that (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.general)
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