Thanks for your reply. I don't think it's a permission problem, as I can connect quite nicely using knode (which is what I'm using at the moment. But knode's a bit slow and inefficient). It seems to be a problem somehow with connecting from within emacs.
I have the same problem using slrn (a console based newsreader); even though ping is fine, I can't connect. It seems to be some type of system problem, but I can't pin it down -Alasdair > On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:43:34 +1100, Alasdair wrote: > >> The title says it all; I can ping to the server news.mel.connect.com.au, >> and I've set gnus-select-method correctly; also gnus-nntp-server is set >> to nil. But every time I try to start gnus, I'm told I can't connect to >> the server. Does anybody know why this could be and how I can fix it? > > Maybe you need permission to access that server from the servers owner? > When I try to access it, I get: > > $ telnet news.mel.connect.com.au nntp > Trying 210.8.230.24... > Connected to news-south.bur.connect.com.au. > Escape character is '^]'. > 502 You have no permission to talk. Goodbye. > Connection closed by foreign host. > $ > > What happens if you telnet to it on the nntp port? > > > Best regards, > _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
