From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 18 15:51:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D739137B401 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:51:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net (sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net [63.105.21.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72AAA43E4A for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:51:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nkinkade@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net) Received: from nkinkade by sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 18Dvfo-000EU8-00 for questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:51:24 -0800 Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:51:24 -0800 From: Nathan Kinkade To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newsgroups Message-ID: <20021118235124.GK29927@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> Reply-To: nkinkade@dsl-only.net Mail-Followup-To: Nathan Kinkade , questions@FreeBSD.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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