From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John J Lee Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: nntp open error: ''? Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:17:59 +0000 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <877kb9mxmm.fsf@marc0host.dyndns.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047299267 9071 80.91.224.249 (10 Mar 2003 12:27:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 10 13:27:46 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18sMNe-0002M4-00 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:27:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18sMLh-00053m-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:25:45 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!modem-2462.cougar.dialup.pol.co.uk!john Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.134.233.158 Original-X-Trace: newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk 1047299031 12544 217.134.233.158 (10 Mar 2003 12:23:51 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Mar 2003 12:23:51 GMT Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-X-Sender: john@alice In-Reply-To: <877kb9mxmm.fsf@marc0host.dyndns.org> Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110946 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7446 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7446 On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Marco Parrone wrote: [...] > John J Lee writes: [...] > I've tried your code with another server and it works. Hmm, yes works for me too with your server. So why does pine work fine with my server, and gnus not (debian package 21.2-2)? I'm pretty sure I've successfully used that server with gnus before, on emacs 21.1 on Windows NT. > I've tried with your server, but it does not work: > > Unable to contact server news.freeserve.net: Server closed connection That's no surprise: you need to be a dialup customer of freeserve to connect to it (in fact, you probably need to be actually connected via freeserve dialup to use it). As I say, it works at least enough for pine to connect to it. Thanks for your help John