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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!DIALix!melbourne.DIALix.oz.au!seeware!mark
From: mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon)
Subject: Re: NNTP
Organization: SeeWare Software
Message-ID: <DK3xMD.BEJ@seeware.DIALix.oz.au>
References: <30DBA50F.17B2@zaphod.eli.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 20:15:49 GMT
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Eli Lazich (elazich@zaphod.eli.com) wrote:
: I have recently installed the NNTP package that shipped with the 2.0.5 
: release on CD.  Everything appears to install OK but whenever I try to 
: access the news server I get errors saying that the server cannot talk 
: to you right now.  Also when I try to telnet to port 119 it comes back 
: with a 502 message and says essentially the same thing.

Do you have a /usr/local/lib/news/nntp_access file??

: I have configured nntpd to run under inetd.conf, and the nntp entries 
: are in /etc/services.  Any ideas on what could be wrong would be 
: appreciated.

: Eli
/mark

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