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Path: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!newsfeed1.nycmny01.us.to.verio.net!newsfeed1.stngva01.us.to.verio.net!newspeer1.stngva01.us.to.verio.net!verio!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!oleane.net!oleane!freenix!wanadoo.fr!proxad.net!postnews2.google.com!not-for-mail
From: slash_dev_slash_null_2000@yahoo.com (Mark Sapiro)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: [May be OT] Help !! - How to download USENET News **in-spite** of firewall blocks
Date: 18 Aug 2004 09:06:29 -0700
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posts_on_usenet@hotmail.com (posts) wrote in message news:<64457081.0408162255.4a8d4572@posting.google.com>...
> My situation
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> I can
> - easily browse and send web mail,
> - read and send POP, IMAP mail,
> but cannot get connected to news servers (I've tried a few from
> Newzbot.com)
>
> I can ping yahoo from my command prompt but can't ping news
> servers from my command prompt
>
> I've tried to set up news servers on Mozilla and
> Outlook Exp newsreaders but get a time out message - I guess
> because of something on my firewall
>
>
> questions
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> ****Is there a way out ??****. i.e. Is there a way to
> - Check which ports are blocked by my firewall
This doesn't seem to be a port blocking issue. Ping's are ICMP echo
requests that don't have an associated port. Thus, if you can't ping
any news servers, it's because they all don't respond to ping
(unlikely) or are being blocked in some other way.
--
Mark Sapiro msapiro -at- value net The highway is for gamblers,
San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan