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Re: Can ping server, but not connect to it
From: |
Alasdair |
Subject: |
Re: Can ping server, but not connect to it |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:26:51 +1100 |
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KNode/0.9.0 |
Thanks for your reply. I don't think it's a permission problem, as I can
connect quite nicely using knode (which is what I'm using at the moment.
But knode's a bit slow and inefficient). It seems to be a problem somehow
with connecting from within emacs.
I have the same problem using slrn (a console based newsreader); even though
ping is fine, I can't connect. It seems to be some type of system problem,
but I can't pin it down
-Alasdair
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:43:34 +1100, Alasdair wrote:
>
>> The title says it all; I can ping to the server news.mel.connect.com.au,
>> and I've set gnus-select-method correctly; also gnus-nntp-server is set
>> to nil. But every time I try to start gnus, I'm told I can't connect to
>> the server. Does anybody know why this could be and how I can fix it?
>
> Maybe you need permission to access that server from the servers owner?
> When I try to access it, I get:
>
> $ telnet news.mel.connect.com.au nntp
> Trying 210.8.230.24...
> Connected to news-south.bur.connect.com.au.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 502 You have no permission to talk. Goodbye.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> $
>
> What happens if you telnet to it on the nntp port?
>
>
> Best regards,
>