Need Help with Newsgroup

Metropolis

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Feb 8, 2004, 3:51:38 PM2/8/04

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Hello,

I have posted a number of mesages using outlook express, when I went
through google the other day I didn't see any of them online. Does
anyone know why? It has now been over 72 hrs,

Thanks,
David

The Lasombra

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Feb 8, 2004, 4:47:12 PM2/8/04

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On 8 Feb 2004 12:51:38 -0800, do...@umich.edu (Metropolis) wrote:

>Hello,

Good afternoon.

>I have posted a number of mesages using outlook express, when I went
>through google the other day I didn't see any of them online. Does
>anyone know why? It has now been over 72 hrs,

Most likely reason?
Failure of ISP to forward newsgroup messages to appropriate servers.

www.mailgate.org shows that you have posted in response to the
following threads since January 2nd, 2004:

Need Help with Newsgroup
Ohio vs. Michigan Bash!
InQuest Game picks V:TES as all-time best multi-pl...
U.S. North American Qualfiers, 2004 (any more info...
Things I didn't realize about...
[LSJ] Muricia's Call
Nothing new to say on Protect Thine Own
Gehenna has come!
Looking for Phil Anchill
eBay Funnies for 2004

You might consider changing newsgroup sources, even possibly switching
to one of the pay for bandwidth options.

http://www.giganews.com/

Does a great job in my opinion.

James Coupe always championed the free newsgroup accounts from:

http://news.cis.dfn.ne/

Carpe noctem.

Lasombra

http://www.TheLasombra.com

Peter D Bakija

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Feb 8, 2004, 4:57:30 PM2/8/04

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Metropolis wrote:

I use Outlook Express too, and when I post things, they usually show up, in,
like, seconds. I'd figure that you are doing something wrong
accidentally--maybe e-mailing them to the author instead of posting to the
newsgroup, or possibly something is configured incorrectly. Or maybe you are
hitting "post later" without realizing it, and they are sitting in your
outbox still.

Peter D Bakija
pd...@lightlink.com
http://www.lightlink.com/pdb6

"Punk rock's been pretty good to me for twenty years. It's my year to give
back: I'm dedicating the next year of my life to fucking the Bush
administration."
-Fat Mike, http://www.punkvoter.com

Peter D Bakija

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Feb 8, 2004, 5:25:51 PM2/8/04

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Peter D Bakija wrote:

> I use Outlook Express too, and when I post things, they usually show up, in,
> like, seconds. I'd figure that you are doing something wrong
> accidentally--maybe e-mailing them to the author instead of posting to the
> newsgroup, or possibly something is configured incorrectly. Or maybe you are
> hitting "post later" without realizing it, and they are sitting in your
> outbox still.

Or, ya know, what Jeff said.

David Cherryholmes

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Feb 9, 2004, 8:52:13 AM2/9/04

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The Lasombra wrote:
>
> On 8 Feb 2004 12:51:38 -0800, do...@umich.edu (Metropolis) wrote:
>
> >Hello,
>

> James Coupe always championed the free newsgroup accounts from:

NEWS.Indiviual.net out of Berlin is also a very good free service.

--
David Cherryholmes
Duke Radiology
P.E.T. Facility
(919) 684-7714
david.che...@duke.edu

XZealot

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Feb 9, 2004, 10:28:36 AM2/9/04

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> James Coupe always championed the free newsgroup accounts from:
>
> http://news.cis.dfn.ne/

I am having difficulty accessing this newsserver to set up an account
at work. Can anyone walk me through it.

I have news.cis.dfn.ne set up as my newsserver but Outlook Express
says that it cannot find it.

Comments Welcome,
Norman S. Brown, Jr
XZealot
Archon of the Swamp

Joshua Duffin

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Feb 9, 2004, 11:08:17 AM2/9/04

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"XZealot" <X_Ze...@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
news:607fd93.04020...@posting.google.com...

> > James Coupe always championed the free newsgroup accounts from:
> >
> > http://news.cis.dfn.ne/
>
> I am having difficulty accessing this newsserver to set up an account
> at work. Can anyone walk me through it.
>
> I have news.cis.dfn.ne set up as my newsserver but Outlook Express
> says that it cannot find it.

Oops, I think Jeff had a typo in the domain name. It's actually:

http://news.cis.dfn.de

(as in Germany/Deutschland)

And in fact it seems to have been renamed "recently" to the
news.individual.net that Dave Cherryholmes mentioned - apparently they
are the same thing.

http://news.individual.net/

has instructions on signing up for an account.

Josh

got on coupe's free news bandwagon some time ago

LSJ

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Feb 9, 2004, 11:11:22 AM2/9/04

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Replace the ".ne" with ".de".

You also have to register first (at the http://... site) in order
to get a username and password (which is required by the newsserver
in order to cut down on spam).

If it doesn't work at .de, try with another newsreader to verify that
it isn't a configuration problem with Outlook (like Netscape or
whatever).

--
LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc.
Links to V:TES news, rules, cards, utilities, and tournament calendar:
http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

o r o s @umich.edu David Wilson

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Feb 8, 2004, 9:47:01 PM2/8/04

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Peter,

My posts have shown up to me almost immediately, although they don't appear
to show up to anyone else,

although, if true, you won't see this message,

David

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XZealot

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Feb 13, 2004, 9:45:30 AM2/13/04

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Thanks,
Got it to work.
Kicked the Google habit at work

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