It is the address of the newsserver, that you specify in your newsreader's account info.
E.g. in Outlook Express, you define a News account, on the "Server" tab you specify this address after: "Server name:", like you would specify someting like "news.myprovider.com" when using your own provider's newsserver. Kees. "Tuco Bonno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > would you care to elaborate a little bit on 204.153.244.171, please? > i plug that ip address in my browser and only get a message back > saying > page contains no data; i ran a nslookup on that ip address, which > returned a > name 'host171.octanews.net' ; when i use *that* in my browser, all i > get is a message back saying 'host171.octanews.net' could not be found > ... > tia > > ====================== > > /s/ tuco bonno > > graduate, College of Conflict Management, > University of Southeast Asia. > "I partied on the Ho Chi Minh trail" > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28-Jun-05 03:51:13 >>> > Steve (C), > > if you still need a newsserver, there are a number of totally free > newsservers around on the internet, no subscription needed, usually no > posting allowed, but you don't need this since you must post via > email. > If you need one, Google for "free newsservers", there are lists > maintained > by hobbiests (as there are hobbiests for anything you can think of on > the > internet). > At the moment I use 204.153.244.171 already for a year or so. > > Kees. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
