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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