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Date:      Sun, 13 Oct 1996 19:37:07 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Daniel C. Fifield" <danf@server1.bisnet.net>
To:        Adam David <adam@veda.is>
Cc:        dgy@rtd.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem setting up nntpd (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.91.961013193610.8976A-100000@server1.bisnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199610130221.CAA18332@veda.is>

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On Sun, 13 Oct 1996, Adam David wrote:

> Daniel C. Fifield said:
> > I should post the solution to my 
> > problem as well.  It turned out to be the nntp_access file I did not have 
> > it setup; therefore all connections were refused.
> 
> Glad you got it sorted out Dan. This was also the first thing that occured to
> me, but I misread the symptoms as you described them. Therefore I neglected to
> mention it since in the context it seemed irrelevant.
> 
> I thought:
> 
>   Trying 127.0.0.1...
>   telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

This was the error message (....^), but I may have changed other things 
as well.  So much for the exact solution.

> 
> but you meant:
> 
>   Trying 127.0.0.1...
>   Connected to foo.bar.com
>   Escape character is '^]'.
>   502 foo.bar.com NNTP server can't talk to you.  Goodbye.
>   Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> The connection was accepted but the service was denied access. The best
> descriptions are both concise and detailed, and get the best results.
> 
> --
> Adam David <adam@veda.is>
> 



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