Jay Garcia wrote:
>
> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
>
> >
> > DeMoN_LaG wrote:
> >
> >>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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>well it can't be completely down... I'm reading this via
> >>secnews.netscape.com
> >>
> >
> > You must have got it when they were preforming a test. because I tried
> > just a few minutes ago and received messge that the server was not
> > accepting messages as per a previous .jpg image I sent further back in
> > this thread.
> >
>
> secnews.netscape.com:119 is up and active/accessible .. :563 is down due
> to cert renewal difficulties. There, no more rumor milling now !! :-)
>
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This moring was able to receive secnews.netscape.com groups on on port
583. So eveidently they have got their certificate problems fixed.
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