At 06:52 AM 4/17/01 -0800, you wrote:
>I am new with dnews. It looks like promising product but quite
>confusing. I think I managed everything to work except this:
>
>17 15:40:01 :info: suck: group yu.comm from news.rcub.bg.ac.yu ( ****)
>17 15:40:01 :info: chan: chan_open {news.rcub.bg.ac.yu}
>17 15:40:01 :warn: Host Lookup failed {news.rcub.bg.ac.yu}
>17 15:40:01 :info: suck: Open channel -1 to {news.rcub.bg.ac.yu}
>17 15:40:06 :info: Timezone Offset -7200 dst 3600
>17 15:40:07 :warn: slow: suck_sched 5 seconds
>17 15:40:08 :info: suck: group yu.test from news.rcub.bg.ac.yu ( ****)
>17 15:40:08 :info: chan: chan_open {news.rcub.bg.ac.yu}
>17 15:40:08 :warn: Host Lookup failed {news.rcub.bg.ac.yu}
>17 15:40:08 :info: suck: Open channel -1 to {news.rcub.bg.ac.yu}
>17 15:40:09 :info: db_piles_trim called
>
>I have tried to access same server through news reader and
>other news server and everything is ok. Cannot tell what
>is wrong with dnews.
This means your dns server is failing to lookup the name
news.rcub.bg.ac.yu, I suggest
you replace that with the ip number 147.91.8.62
and see if it works. If so check your dns settings on that system.
ChrisP.
