Re: [OT] about gmane

[W . Greenhouse]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Sorry to bring this here, but I cannot get a connection to gmane and
> got here through my regular nntp server (enews.newsguy.com).
>
> I'm unable to connect to news.gmane.org, and am getting prompted for a
> username.  Can anyone verify that gmane is up?

It's working fine for me.

> Last time that happened it was because my ISP had been blackballed off
> gmane, but I checked at http://gmane.org/denied.php and did not see
> my outward facing IP there.
>
> Any other reasons why I might suddenly be getting a username prompt
> with gnus trys to connect to gmane?

Blacklist is the only reason I've ever seen this happen. I'd suggest
using the web interface to report it to gmane.discuss.

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WGG

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