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paul11974 · 02-12-2005, 19:41

I seem unable to post on newsgroups i can see them but when i try to post i get :: Outlook Express could not post your message. Subject 'Re: make big money on line', Account: 'news.cable.ntlworld.com (1)', Server: 'news.cable.ntlworld.com', Protocol: NNTP, Server Response: '441 Posting Failed ("From" Header not in Internet Syntax.)', Port: 119, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 441, Error Number: 0x800CCCA9

deadite66 · 03-12-2005, 05:31

untick 'this server requires a secure connection' in accounts/advanced

03-12-2005, 06:23

use yenc or powerpost maybe

paul11974 · 03-12-2005, 11:02

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Originally Posted by deadite66

untick 'this server requires a secure connection' in accounts/advanced

no tick in there !

03-12-2005, 11:14

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

use yenc or powerpost maybe

I quote myself cuz i go unheard most the time

paul11974 · 03-12-2005, 11:17

what is yenc or powerpost ?

deadite66 · 03-12-2005, 12:23

are you sure it isn't set to ssl, Secure(SSL) in the error msg suggests it is.

when set to this i get a similar error msg.

03-12-2005, 12:28

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Originally Posted by paul11974

what is yenc or powerpost ?

there apps for posting to news servers

patrickp · 03-12-2005, 19:47

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Originally Posted by paul11974

...Posting Failed ("From" Header not in Internet Syntax.)'...

Your "From" header is, of course, where you put your email address, Paul. Maybe you haven't set an address that OE can recognise as a valid one.

Be careful with this. Use a 'throwaway' address (i.e. something like a Hotmail or Yahoo address set up for the purpose), or 'munge' the address: i.e. change it so that a human being can decipher the real address, but a program can't.

The reason for this is that spammers trawl newsgroups looking for valid email addresses to add to their lists - any email address posted on Usenet is likely to get spammed. They do this with 'bots' - programs designed for this. Thus any address is added as listed - they don't have time to go through the lists and decipher munged ones themselves.

paul11974 · 04-12-2005, 22:39

thankyou for all the help guys and girls i now have managed to get it working and i am guessing it was my fake email that was causing the problems

grubbymitts · 05-12-2005, 05:52

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Originally Posted by paul11974

thankyou for all the help guys and girls i now have managed to get it working and i am guessing it was my fake email that was causing the problems

fake emails shouldn't have caused it. John@john.com always works for me. Erm, sorry to John there.

patrickp · 05-12-2005, 17:59

I would suspect that it was the format, rather than the nature of the address that caused the problem: eg, spaces in the name, etc.

simbr · 05-12-2005, 22:47

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Originally Posted by deadite66

are you sure it isn't set to ssl, Secure(SSL) in the error msg suggests it is.

..no it doesn't

"Secure(SSL): No"

Chicken · 05-12-2005, 23:00

Has anyone else noticed just how slow NTL's newsgroup servers have become since the 10Mb upgrades started? Is this just coincidence or are users thrashing them for their binary downloads?

IanUK · 06-12-2005, 16:31

Yes its got very intermittant, times out a lot and cannot even supply 3 meg here - looks like the future

I'm really beginning to think this 10 meg roll out is a big mistake, NTL don't seem to have the network to cope with it, I don't even have 10mb but I can't even get 3 now at peak times, so my service has got a lot worse

I hope they can sort this, it all looks like a step backward from here..