Holger Metzger wrote:
>
> On 6/10/01 6:20 PM, Chuck Simmons wrote:
>
> > Holger Metzger wrote:
> >
> >>On 6/10/01 4:19 PM, Mark wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>After calling Netscape Communications on Friday evening when
> >>>Netscape's secured news servers (secnews.netscape.com, port 563)
> >>>when it become inaccessible, John from Netscape Communications
> >>>informed me that Netscape is no longer interested in continuing
> >>>the news server service and has pulled the service. He asked me
> >>>if I read the recent news story about Netscape no longer being in
> >>>the web browser business. I said Yes and he said that is probably
> >>>why Netscape has ceased the secnews.netscape.com service.
> >>>
> >>>What are we supposed to do for good end user support for
> >>>Netscape Communicator 4.x support?
> >>>
> >>>Contacting Netscape Communications
> >>>http://home.netscape.com/company/contacts/index.html?cp=cmp
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>The news server still works on port 119. They should make
> >>netscape.communicator and the netscape.netscape6.* groups available for
> >>that port as well.
> >>
> >>Holger
> >>
> >
> > They were specifically asked not to. The news admins, however, are not
> > answering pages and fail to reply to email. I think one may be on
> > sabatical but there should be coverage. I suspect either a DNS screwup
> > or apathy. History says the latter is fairly likely but the former is
> > possible.
>
> The latter sounds logical, yes. Most ISPs use the oldest machines they
> have to set up a news server, and then it stands in the corner. When I
> was asked to set up a news server for the company I work for they gave
> me a Pentium/133mhz with 64mb and a 2 gig hard drive. If it breaks, and
> I'm on vacation it won't be fixed until I'm back. Maybe same thing
> happened at Netscape. Let's hope :)
>
> Holger
The last I heard, the secnews server was coming up on brand new hardware
(a really hot Sun system) and Mozilla was going to use the old hardware
(a Sun maybe two years old - I forget what model.
Anyway, I am getting requests to find out about it. I can more likely
get some sort of answer tomorrow since some people take the weekend off.
Chuck
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