Keep getting 502 Access Denied for news.demon.co.uk

Kulvinder Singh Matharu

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Nov 12, 2008, 1:40:04 PM11/12/08

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For the last few days I keep getting the following error message in
my newsreader (Forte Agent v3.3):

-------------- START QUOTE --------------

Error reported by server: 502 Access Denied (Hit Connection Limit)
(newsfe19.ams2) (Tornado v1.2.3.534)

-------------- END QUOTE --------------

I have set Agent to the following for news.demon.co.uk

1. Maximum allowed connections: 1

2. Connections reserved for priority tasks: 0

3. Limit body retrieval rate to 0 bodies per second

4a. The server creates messages out of order [ticked]

4b. Use the XHDR command instead of LISTGROUP

When I get the error message I terminate all Agent tasks, shutdown
and then re-start the program and 9 times out of 10 I get the same
problem again.

Is the problem with my newsreader settings (which I've been using for
years with no problems) or with the news-server? Any suggestions for
a solution?

Thanks very much in advance!

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Charles Ellson

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Nov 12, 2008, 5:25:21 PM11/12/08

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:40:04 +0000, Kulvinder Singh Matharu
<real-addr...@lineone.net> wrote:

>For the last few days I keep getting the following error message in
>my newsreader (Forte Agent v3.3):
>
>-------------- START QUOTE --------------
>
>Error reported by server: 502 Access Denied (Hit Connection Limit)
>(newsfe19.ams2) (Tornado v1.2.3.534)
>
>-------------- END QUOTE --------------
>
>
>I have set Agent to the following for news.demon.co.uk
>
>1. Maximum allowed connections: 1
>
>2. Connections reserved for priority tasks: 0
>
>3. Limit body retrieval rate to 0 bodies per second
>
>4a. The server creates messages out of order [ticked]
>
>4b. Use the XHDR command instead of LISTGROUP
>
>When I get the error message I terminate all Agent tasks, shutdown
>and then re-start the program and 9 times out of 10 I get the same
>problem again.
>
>Is the problem with my newsreader settings (which I've been using for
>years with no problems) or with the news-server? Any suggestions for
>a solution?
>

Are you also trying to restart an apparently stalled news download ?
My download goes OK until it reaches soc.culture.scottish when it
either times out or pauses for a lonf time before downloading somewhat
slowly for that and the following groups. If I stop and restart the
download I also get the 502 message after a couple of tries as if
Demon's end still thinks the previous attempts are still in progress.

bob@notthisbit.p1tman.demon..northis.co.uk

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Nov 13, 2008, 9:24:30 AM11/13/08

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:40:04 +0000, Kulvinder Singh Matharu
<real-addr...@lineone.net> wrote:

>For the last few days I keep getting the following error message in
>my newsreader (Forte Agent v3.3):
>
>-------------- START QUOTE --------------
>
>Error reported by server: 502 Access Denied (Hit Connection Limit)
>(newsfe19.ams2) (Tornado v1.2.3.534)
>
>-------------- END QUOTE --------------
>
>
>I have set Agent to the following for news.demon.co.uk
>
>1. Maximum allowed connections: 1
>
>2. Connections reserved for priority tasks: 0
>
>3. Limit body retrieval rate to 0 bodies per second
>
>4a. The server creates messages out of order [ticked]
>
>4b. Use the XHDR command instead of LISTGROUP
>
>When I get the error message I terminate all Agent tasks, shutdown
>and then re-start the program and 9 times out of 10 I get the same
>problem again.
>
>Is the problem with my newsreader settings (which I've been using for
>years with no problems) or with the news-server? Any suggestions for
>a solution?
>
>Thanks very much in advance!

The settings you need are
Maximum allowed 3
Connections for reserved 1
Automatically adjust for max connections TICKED

This set has worked for me... failing that just tell agent not to
display non fatal errors

Kulvinder Singh Matharu

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Nov 13, 2008, 12:23:30 PM11/13/08

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:25:21 +0000, Charles Ellson
<cha...@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]

>Are you also trying to restart an apparently stalled news download ?
>My download goes OK until it reaches soc.culture.scottish when it
>either times out or pauses for a lonf time before downloading somewhat
>slowly for that and the following groups. If I stop and restart the
>download I also get the 502 message after a couple of tries as if
>Demon's end still thinks the previous attempts are still in progress.

Yes, I have tried to restart failed downloads.

I'll try and see if I can start a fresh download and report back.