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Re: [OT] about gmane
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Harry Putnam |
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Re: [OT] about gmane |
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Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:34:09 -0400 |
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W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net>
writes:
> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
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>> Sorry to bring this here, but I cannot get a connection to gmane and
>> got here through my regular nntp server (enews.newsguy.com).
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>> I'm unable to connect to news.gmane.org, and am getting prompted for a
>> username. Can anyone verify that gmane is up?
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> It's working fine for me.
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>> 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.
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>> Any other reasons why I might suddenly be getting a username prompt
>> with gnus trys to connect to gmane?
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> Blacklist is the only reason I've ever seen this happen. I'd suggest
> using the web interface to report it to gmane.discuss.
Even though I said I had checked there...(http://gmane.org/denied.php)
somehow I still missed seeing it:
z65-xx-xx-xx.ips.xxxxxxx.com (20140419)
I noticed (and reported) it the same day you answered my post so I had
hopes of getting is squared away to day... but no soap so far and no
responses to my report on gmane.discuss either.