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Old 22-02-2005, 16:05   #1
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Question NTL Newsgroups have gone

Hello

I cannot connect to the normal newsgroups (news.ntlworld.com) using Mozilla Thunderbird. I have had no problem from this setup up until last week. When I try to connect a message is returned "connection refused".

Firstly does anyone know why this happening, and secondly are there other free newsgroups I can try instead of NTL.

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Old 22-02-2005, 17:07   #2
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Re: NTL Newsgroups have gone

There's a thread about it somewhere on here. Apparently there's been a hardware problem with the news servers that they're working on, and it will be a few days before they're back up due to the high amount of data they carry.

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Just found the other thread, here.
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Old 22-02-2005, 17:14   #3
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Re: NTL Newsgroups have gone

Hi kefty

bubbanews still do a free account, but there is a cap on how much you can d'load (50 MB per day IIRC - which includes headers).

http://www.bubbanews.com

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