sreangsu acharyya rearranged electrons thusly:

> On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
> >Will I be able to read news directly from the news server
> >news.vsnl.net.in using slrm ?

> oh sure. But you wont be able to post . But thats due to vsnl
> not slrn.
 
if he is in vsnl's ip space he will be able to read and post from
news.vsnl.net.in.  Or else, he'll just get something like this (I'm in
bplnet.com ip space)

mallet@mjollnir:~> telnet news.vsnl.net.in 119
Trying 202.54.1.25...
Connected to news.vsnl.net.in.
Escape character is '^]'.
502 You have no permission to talk.  Goodbye.
Connection closed by foreign host.

        --suresh

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Suresh Ramasubramanian  <-->  mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin

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