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kchatterway
16-08-2003, 13:50
Is anybody else having trouble connecting to newsgroups using Outlook Express?
I'm lucky to connect twice in one week lately....just keep getting "no response from newserver"
Am just wondering whether the cloud was only raining over my head and if anyone has found a good alternative to Outlook Express(if they be the cause of the problem!!!).
homealone
16-08-2003, 20:03
Have you tried the text.news.ntlworld.com server?
It's about the only one which seems to be anywhere near reliable.
- & it's NTL not Outlook Express is the problem.
Originally posted by homealone
Have you tried the text.news.ntlworld.com server?
It's about the only one which seems to be anywhere near reliable.
- & it's NTL not Outlook Express is the problem.
That's right. If/when you are lucky enough to connect, have a look at the NTL newsgroups. Many people are complaining about the dismal service. Homealone is right about the server as well. text.news etc is your best bet.
Theodoric
18-08-2003, 20:43
Originally posted by danielf
That's right. If/when you are lucky enough to connect, have a look at the NTL newsgroups. Many people are complaining about the dismal service. Homealone is right about the server as well. text.news etc is your best bet.
Yes, it does seem to have been worse than usual the past few days, and here speaks someone who has all 5 ways of connecting to the ntl ngs up and running.
homealone
18-08-2003, 23:14
Originally posted by Theodoric
Yes, it does seem to have been worse than usual the past few days, and here speaks someone who has all 5 ways of connecting to the ntl ngs up and running.
- just the last 4 or so, would do for me Theodoric - care to share?.......
lynx2oo2
18-08-2003, 23:25
These are the server addresses I know of,
news.ntlworld.com
news.cable.ntlworld.com
newscache.cable.ntlworld.com
news.cache.ntlworld.com
news.cache.cable.ntlworld.com
text.news.ntlworld.com (No binaries obviously)
Try them all and see how you go, remember NTL also allow access to -
news.tesco.net
and
news.virgin.net
sometimes these work better than ntl's own.
Hope these help.
lynx2oo2
are there any other good free newservers
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