[gentoo-user] Re: How to access newsgroup?

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 25/05/12 07:46, Adam Carter wrote:

    Using newsrc file /home/wenpincui/.jnewsrc for server 
news.newsgroups.com.hk.
    Connecting to host news.newsgroups.com.hk ...
    Failed to resolve news.newsgroups.com.hk

So the host is not called news.newsgroups.com.hk.

$ host news.newsgroups.com.hk
Host news.newsgroups.com.hk not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
$ host -t NS newsgroups.com.hk
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns11.dnsmadeeasy.com.
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns10.dnsmadeeasy.com.
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns13.dnsmadeeasy.com.
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns14.dnsmadeeasy.com.
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns15.dnsmadeeasy.com.
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns12.dnsmadeeasy.com.

So newsgroups.com.hk is a real domain, but the hostname in that domain
is not "news". You'll need to double check what the hostname is.

Hmm, his original hostname works though:

  $ host news.newsgroup.com.hk
  news.newsgroup.com.hk has address 59.188.5.218