Jay Garcia wrote: > On 16.06.02 12:22, Bruce Feist Replied As Follows: > > --- Original Message --- > >>I'm using Mozilla 1.0 for news (among other things). >> >>When I try to send news articles to my new ISP's news server, I get an error >>message saying that my IP address isn't authorized to do so. I can read the >>articles without difficulty, though. >> >>When I try Microsoft Outlook Express (bleh) with what appear to be equivalent >>settings with my new ISP's news server, it works fine for both reading and >>posting articles. >> >>My settings (on both news readers) are: >>e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Server name: news.east.cox.net >>Port: 119 >>Use SSL: No >> >>What else can I look for to solve this issue? I'm getting paranoid enough to >>worry that my ISP is checking to see if the originating software is Outlook >>Express and rejecting anything that isn't! > > This can happen if you're dialing in to ISP "A" and trying to use the > services of ISP "B".
That's the logical conclusion... but if that were it, I wouldn't be able to post articles from Outlook Express, either. Also, the error message generated gives my cox.net (i.e., new ISP) IP address. Bruce
