From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 15:29:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38B7F16A4CE for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:29:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D13A43D1F for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:29:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from dsc02-chc-il-209-109-232-115.rasserver.net ([209.109.232.115] helo=nbritton.org) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AvPVa-0000ms-00; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:29:07 -0800 Message-ID: <403A8CBF.8040905@nbritton.org> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:29:03 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Clarke , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org References: <403A8696.2040605@theomorphic-technology.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <403A8696.2040605@theomorphic-technology.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: posting messages to freebsd-newbies new group] X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:29:10 -0000 David Clarke wrote: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: posting messages to freebsd-newbies new group > From: > Ceri Davies > Date: > Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:29:16 +0000 > To: > David Clarke > > >On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 07:35:38PM -0000, David Clarke wrote: > > >>Hello: >> >>I have been trying for days to configure Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 and now >>Outlook Express as my new reader, I am able to read postings, but I cannot >>post any messages. >> freebsd-newbies is not a news group (it may be redist on the newsgroups, dont know) it is a mailling list, it uses plain old email. go here to subscribe to the list: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies go here too: http://www.freebsd.org/support.html#mailing-list >> >>When I attempt to post a message I get the following error: >> >>Outlook Express could not post your message. Subject 'Verifying FreeBSD ISO >>images', Account: 'news.gw.com', Server: 'news.gw.com', Protocol: NNTP, >>Server Response: '440 Sorry, you're not allowed to post.', Port: 119, >>Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 440, Error Number: 0x800CCCA9 >> >>I have officially requested joining the new group and confirmed my request, >>they sent me back a password, but even though I have used my email address >>with my password, nothing has changed, it still gives me the same error. >> >>Can you please tell me what else I need to do to be able to post messages to >>this news groups and others. >> >> > >Hmm. We don't really have control over the newsgroup, as these are >essentially copies of the freebsd-newbies mailing list. I'd recommend >emailing your message to newbies@freebsd.org instead. It should >eventually turn up on the newsgroup. > >Ceri > >-- > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >