Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:51:24 -0800 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newsgroups Message-ID: <20021118235124.GK29927@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> In-Reply-To: <sdd917a9.007@gbpinc.com> References: <sdd917a9.007@gbpinc.com>
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On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 04:39:01PM -0600, Cory Schafer wrote: > Hello, > > Forgive me on the naiveness of this question. How does one subsribe to > the newsgroups. I've tried to view posting thru Microsoft outlook > express newsreader.I've tried other newsreaders, everytime I try > subscribing it says unable to connect to server. I have port 119 open > on our firewall. The only thing I can think of is maybe another port > that may need to be opened. Any feedback is appreciated > > Cory Schafer You don't have to subscribe to newsgroups as such. You only need to have a news server to which you can connect. Most ISPs offer one, and frequently you don't even need a password. If you are unable to connect to the news server then troubleshoot a network connectivity problem, or a misconfiguration on you machine. Nathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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