Ok that turned out to be a configuration error with the Worldcom.
"Tigger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message GG1k9.97879$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:GG1k9.97879$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hey all, I am having trouble with Netscape 7 and a news server. I can use > Outlook Express to get news, but when I set up the same account in Netscape, > it doesn't even try to grab a list of news groups to subscribe to. > The server is worldcoms server at 142.77.1.194 > > I can use netscape to check Aliants news server at 198.164.200.20 and > everything works as expected. > > > Both these servers use ip blocks to allow connections, so if it works in > Outlook express, then I would assume that it should also work in Netscape. > (Netscape 4.7x works fine as well.) > > If anyone has any ideas, that would be great. > Thanks > >
