For those having probs with the news feed from redmondlinux,I pulled the same trick as described below, but added news.redmondlinux.org to the line as well and the newsfeed started working again too.
J-L Quoting James Talbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have had similar problems, so I added the redmondlinux.org ip address > to > my hosts file and haven't had trouble since. > > for linux: > cat >> /etc/hosts > 64.81.254.171 redmondlinux.org www.redmondlinux.org > (ctrl-d) > > for windows (nt/2k/xp): > echo 64.81.254.171 redmondlinux.org www.redmondlinux.org >> > %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts > > for windows (95/98/ME): > you're out of luck. > > hope that helps. > > - James > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Redmond Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [rl-users] redmondlinux.org down? > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 07:11:23 -0800 > > Is it just me or does it seem like redmondlinux.org is down alot? Lately > I > cannot get to the homepage and/or the nntp server more than once or > twice a > week.. > > Thanks > Christian > > - > -- > rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/ > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > - > -- > rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/ > - -- rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/
