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Re: Hello, and NNTP help
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.people.newbie
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Date:
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Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:22:30 GMT
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In lugnet.people.newbie, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.people.newbie, Jamie Bliss wrote:
> > Now for the NNTP help. I can post by web (As is indicated here), but when I try
> > to post by NNTP, Thunderbird (my news client) pops up a message box saying
> > either that the server refused the connection, or new users should start at the
> > setup page.
> >
> > Can anyone explain this?
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> Are you pointing to the right port? IIRC LUGNET does not use the default news
> port.
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> From http://www.lugnet.com/news/ (IIRC, somewhat out of date since it still
> refers to the default port):
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> ". You might also want to try port 1119, 8000 or 8080 if you are unable to
> access using the standard port 119."
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> ...so try 1119. If you already did, or that fails, ask again or mail Todd or Suz
> (not me, please).
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> Hope that helps.
Not really. I had already tried 1119.
It appears when I change a setting (eg name), it will give me a
connection-refused-type message until I switch to 1119, after which both 119 and
1119 will give me go-setup-type messages.
--Jamie
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| (...) Are you pointing to the right port? IIRC LUGNET does not use the default news port. From (URL) (IIRC, somewhat out of date since it still refers to the default port): ". You might also want to try port 1119, 8000 or 8080 if you are unable to (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jun-05, to lugnet.people.newbie)
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