On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> Good morning one and all,
>
> I have been experiencing a problem. I open a KDE session, start kppp,
> start Nutscrape and download my mail. Recently however, when I try to
> access my ISP's news server Netscape hangs with a message across the
> bottom telling me it's connecting with to my news server. I am unable
> to close the window and have to cancel my kppp session then close my X
> session and log back in again? To make matters more confusing it was
> working before and I don't recall doing anything that might have messed
> with anything.
>
Ask your ISP if they're having problems with their news
server. Often when you have a problem like that it means
that the news server is physically up, but the news daemon
isn't responding.
John
