On 16.06.02 13:22, Bruce Feist Replied As Follows: --- Original Message ---
> 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 > Yah, I realized that just 'after' I hit "send" :-[ At any rate, look in your password manager, remove all instances of your former ISP. Also, look in cookie-manager for same and remove ... -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email **
