Hi,

>Can anyone tell me what Cleator Moor is like please.
>The good points and the bad.



Cleator Moor has good points? Er.... ???

ally

> Cleator Moor has good points? Er.... ???
> 
> ally


Your replies are showing up as new threads. How so?

Johnny-perplexed

On 2 May 2005 15:52:52 -0700, daisybeag@yahoo.co.uk (allly) wrote:


>Hi,
>>Can anyone tell me what Cleator Moor is like please.
>>The good points and the bad.
>
>
>Cleator Moor has good points? Er.... ???
>
>ally



I thought it was the a***hole of Cumbria, (as told to me by a mate who
lived up the road from there...)

J.

Sometimes I'm getting a message saying Google can't find the original
message - although I've just been reading it! So I have to start again
to reply.

You'll gather I still haven't figured out how to download the
newsgroups to my new computer. Port 119 seems to be blocked, but I've
been down there with me rods and poked about a bit and can't find
anything. Maybe I should try DynoRod...

allly

a l l l y wrote:

> Sometimes I'm getting a message saying Google can't find the original
> message - although I've just been reading it! So I have to start again
> to reply.
> 
> You'll gather I still haven't figured out how to download the
> newsgroups to my new computer. Port 119 seems to be blocked, but I've
> been down there with me rods and poked about a bit and can't find
> anything. Maybe I should try DynoRod...
> 
> allly
> 

Are your firewalls in good nick?

Jp

New version of firewall recently installed. Everything seems to be in
order, and I can't find anything that might be blocking download.

There's always something, isn't there?

ally

a l l l y wrote:

> New version of firewall recently installed. Everything seems to be in
> order, and I can't find anything that might be blocking download.
>
> There's always something, isn't there?
>
> ally


Tha's not using MAee or N0rt0n cacka are thee? Temp'rarily enable your XP 
firewall and disable your new one if so. Try again. In case I missed it do 
you read news thru' OE or what? As you are using broadband have you made 
sure that you are downloading news ONLY via your *broadband* server? They 
don't like you using alternative gateways.

Write me offlist if you're still stuck.

Kez. .  .

"a l l l y"  wrote in message
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> New version of firewall recently installed. Everything seems to be in
> order, and I can't find anything that might be blocking download.
>
> There's always something, isn't there?
>
> ally
>

'av yuh ploogd it in?

Edith.

On 4 May 2005 15:51:53 -0700, a l l l y wrote:


> You'll gather I still haven't figured out how to download the
> newsgroups to my new computer. Port 119 seems to be blocked, but 
> I've been down there with me rods and poked about a bit and can't 
> find anything.


Open a command prompt window and try:

telnet news.individual.net 119

You should get:

200 The server welcomes <your ip address>. Authorization required for 
reading and posting.

If you that port 119 isn't blocked... type quit to get back to the 
command prompt. If you don't get a response try:

tracert news.individual.net

That may give a hint at where things are getting stopped but the 
results are bit variable depending on the configuration of routers 
within the internet/your ISP.

-- 
Cheers                                              new5pam@howhill.com
Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

On 5 May 2005 13:01:29 -0700, a l l l y wrote:


> Thanks Dave. I've tried that, and got the "200 the server....." 
> message just as you quoted it. Does this mean port 119 isn't 
> blocked, then?


Well it means you can connect and talk to the German news server that 
I and a lot of other people use. Not free any more but well worth 
£7/year IMHO.


> I tried the same thing using the address for my own news server, and
> after a few seconds the dos window just vanished.


What closed, disappeared from the task bar? Donno what would cause 
that but that's windoze for you, have an error, display a message but 
close the window before anyone can read it...

It may indicate that you haven't got the name absolutely right or that 
you have been given the wrong one to use and it is not recognising you 
as a legitimate connection and thus closing it.


> So I tried the tracert command and I'm now getting 'Request timed 
> out' messages.


What did you get to start with? Something maybe blocking the tracert 
probes. You could try "ping <news server>" but again those can be 
filtered in the internet.

-- 
Cheers                                              new5pam@howhill.com
Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

Dave Liquorice wrote:


>
> Open a command prompt window and try:
>
> telnet news.individual.net 119
>
> You should get:
>
> 200 The server welcomes <your ip address>. Authorization required for

> reading and posting.
>
> If you that port 119 isn't blocked... type quit to get back to the
> command prompt. If you don't get a response try:
>
> tracert news.individual.net
>
> That may give a hint at where things are getting stopped but the
> results are bit variable depending on the configuration of routers
> within the internet/your ISP.


Thanks Dave. I've tried that, and got the "200 the server....." message
just as you quoted it. Does this mean port 119 isn't blocked, then?

I tried the same thing using the address for my own news server, and
after a few seconds the dos window just vanished. So I tried the
tracert command and I'm now getting 'Request timed out' messages.

Fascinating stuff, but what would you suggest next?

ally

I can't believe this. Having spoken at length to a so-called tech
person on the phone the other day, who failed to help me at all, I now
find that the particular account I've got doesn't give me usenet
access.  Grrrr.. I wouldn't have signed up for this one if I'd known,
but it's not exactly obvious - took a lot of digging on their website.
I could upgrade for a fee, but I'd rather avoid more expense if I can.

Oh well... where did people say I could go for free usenet access
again?

ally

On 5 May 2005 14:29:03 -0700, a l l l y wrote:


> I now find that the particular account I've got doesn't give me 
> usenet access.  


Well it does but not from their servers... Remember you just 
successfully telnet'd to news.individual.net.


> Oh well... where did people say I could go for free usenet access
> again?


Bung "free news server" into google and take you pick... There are 
loads but how reliable, fast, or stable they are is another matter. It 
might be worth taking a read of alt.free.newsservers (via google or 
WHY) to see what common ones are used and problems etc.

-- 
Cheers                                              new5pam@howhill.com
Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

"a l l l y"  wrote in message
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> I tried the same thing using the address for my own news server, and
> after a few seconds the dos window just vanished. So I tried the
> tracert command and I'm now getting 'Request timed out' messages.
>
> Fascinating stuff, but what would you suggest next?
>
> ally
>

Scop it in the Solway?

Edith-Rushed/off.