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* [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup?
@ 2012-05-25  3:30 wenpin cui
  2012-05-25  3:39 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
                   ` (3 more replies)
  0 siblings, 4 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: wenpin cui @ 2012-05-25  3:30 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user; +Cc: 张秀文

hi, all,

    I want to read some newsgroup so emerged net-nntp/slrn.

    Then I uncompressed "/usr/share/doc/slrn-0.9.9_p1/slrn.rc.bz2" and modify
    username/hostname/realname, then saved as $HOME/.slrnrc.

    After that, I run

        wenpincui@Gentoo ~ $ slrn --create -h news.newsgroup.com.hk
        slrn 0.9.9p1

        Loading /usr/share/slrn/slang/slrn.sl
        Reading startup file /home/wenpincui/.slrnrc.***Warning: Unable to find a unique fully-qualified host name.
                    slrn will not generate any Message-IDs.
                    Please note that the "hostname" setting does not affect this;
                    see the "slrn reference manual" for details.

        Using newsrc file /home/wenpincui/.jnewsrc for server news.newsgroup.com.hk.
        Connecting to host news.newsgroup.com.hk ...
        Unable to make connection. Giving up.

        Run-Time Error
        slrn fatal error:
        Failed to initialize server.

    My question is:
        Am I using slrn correctly?
        If so, maybe it's resulted by damn firewall, I have to give up.
      
-- 

Best regards
Wenpin Cui (崔文频)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PRC
Tel: +86-0571-86726288 ext:8095



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* [gentoo-user] Re: How to access newsgroup?
  2012-05-25  3:30 [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup? wenpin cui
@ 2012-05-25  3:39 ` Nikos Chantziaras
  2012-05-25  4:33   ` wenpin cui
  2012-05-25  9:49 ` [gentoo-user] " ny6p01
                   ` (2 subsequent siblings)
  3 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Nikos Chantziaras @ 2012-05-25  3:39 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 25/05/12 06:30, wenpin cui wrote:
> hi, all,
> 
>      I want to read some newsgroup so emerged net-nntp/slrn.
> 
>      Then I uncompressed "/usr/share/doc/slrn-0.9.9_p1/slrn.rc.bz2" and modify
>      username/hostname/realname, then saved as $HOME/.slrnrc.
> 
>      After that, I run
> 
>          wenpincui@Gentoo ~ $ slrn --create -h news.newsgroup.com.hk
>          slrn 0.9.9p1

Shouldn't that be "news.newsgroups.com.hk"?  (With an "s".)




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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to access newsgroup?
  2012-05-25  3:39 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
@ 2012-05-25  4:33   ` wenpin cui
  2012-05-25  4:46     ` Adam Carter
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: wenpin cui @ 2012-05-25  4:33 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user; +Cc: 张秀文

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 06:39:07AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 25/05/12 06:30, wenpin cui wrote:
> > hi, all,
> > 
> >      I want to read some newsgroup so emerged net-nntp/slrn.
> > 
> >      Then I uncompressed "/usr/share/doc/slrn-0.9.9_p1/slrn.rc.bz2" and modify
> >      username/hostname/realname, then saved as $HOME/.slrnrc.
> > 
> >      After that, I run
> > 
> >          wenpincui@Gentoo ~ $ slrn --create -h news.newsgroup.com.hk
> >          slrn 0.9.9p1
> 
> Shouldn't that be "news.newsgroups.com.hk"?  (With an "s".)
> 
> 
Still no luck :(

    wenpincui@Gentoo ~ $ slrn --create -h news.newsgroups.com.hk
    slrn 0.9.9p1

    Loading /usr/share/slrn/slang/slrn.sl
    Reading startup file /home/wenpincui/.slrnrc.***Warning: Unable to find a unique fully-qualified host name.
                slrn will not generate any Message-IDs.
                Please note that the "hostname" setting does not affect this;
                see the "slrn reference manual" for details.

    Using newsrc file /home/wenpincui/.jnewsrc for server news.newsgroups.com.hk.
    Connecting to host news.newsgroups.com.hk ...
    Failed to resolve news.newsgroups.com.hk

    Run-Time Error
    slrn fatal error:
    Failed to initialize server.
-- 

Best regards
Wenpin Cui (崔文频)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PRC
Tel: +86-0571-86726288 ext:8095



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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to access newsgroup?
  2012-05-25  4:33   ` wenpin cui
@ 2012-05-25  4:46     ` Adam Carter
  2012-05-25  5:14       ` Nikos Chantziaras
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Adam Carter @ 2012-05-25  4:46 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user, 张秀文

>    Using newsrc file /home/wenpincui/.jnewsrc for server news.newsgroups.com.hk.
>    Connecting to host news.newsgroups.com.hk ...
>    Failed to resolve news.newsgroups.com.hk

So the host is not called news.newsgroups.com.hk.

$ host news.newsgroups.com.hk
Host news.newsgroups.com.hk not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
$ host -t NS newsgroups.com.hk
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns11.dnsmadeeasy.com.
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns10.dnsmadeeasy.com.
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns13.dnsmadeeasy.com.
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns14.dnsmadeeasy.com.
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns15.dnsmadeeasy.com.
newsgroups.com.hk name server ns12.dnsmadeeasy.com.

So newsgroups.com.hk is a real domain, but the hostname in that domain
is not "news". You'll need to double check what the hostname is.



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* [gentoo-user] Re: How to access newsgroup?
  2012-05-25  4:46     ` Adam Carter
@ 2012-05-25  5:14       ` Nikos Chantziaras
  2012-05-25  5:33         ` wenpin cui
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Nikos Chantziaras @ 2012-05-25  5:14 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 25/05/12 07:46, Adam Carter wrote:
>>     Using newsrc file /home/wenpincui/.jnewsrc for server news.newsgroups.com.hk.
>>     Connecting to host news.newsgroups.com.hk ...
>>     Failed to resolve news.newsgroups.com.hk
>
> So the host is not called news.newsgroups.com.hk.
>
> $ host news.newsgroups.com.hk
> Host news.newsgroups.com.hk not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> $ host -t NS newsgroups.com.hk
> newsgroups.com.hk name server ns11.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> newsgroups.com.hk name server ns10.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> newsgroups.com.hk name server ns13.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> newsgroups.com.hk name server ns14.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> newsgroups.com.hk name server ns15.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> newsgroups.com.hk name server ns12.dnsmadeeasy.com.
>
> So newsgroups.com.hk is a real domain, but the hostname in that domain
> is not "news". You'll need to double check what the hostname is.

Hmm, his original hostname works though:

   $ host news.newsgroup.com.hk
   news.newsgroup.com.hk has address 59.188.5.218




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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to access newsgroup?
  2012-05-25  5:14       ` Nikos Chantziaras
@ 2012-05-25  5:33         ` wenpin cui
  2012-05-25 14:38           ` Paul Hartman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: wenpin cui @ 2012-05-25  5:33 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user; +Cc: 张秀文

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:14:45AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 25/05/12 07:46, Adam Carter wrote:
> >>     Using newsrc file /home/wenpincui/.jnewsrc for server news.newsgroups.com.hk.
> >>     Connecting to host news.newsgroups.com.hk ...
> >>     Failed to resolve news.newsgroups.com.hk
> >
> > So the host is not called news.newsgroups.com.hk.
> >
> > $ host news.newsgroups.com.hk
> > Host news.newsgroups.com.hk not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> > $ host -t NS newsgroups.com.hk
> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns11.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns10.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns13.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns14.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns15.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns12.dnsmadeeasy.com.
> >
> > So newsgroups.com.hk is a real domain, but the hostname in that domain
> > is not "news". You'll need to double check what the hostname is.
> 
> Hmm, his original hostname works though:
> 
>    $ host news.newsgroup.com.hk
>    news.newsgroup.com.hk has address 59.188.5.218
> 
> 
hey, guys,
    
    actually it's not newsgroup(s).com.hk issue.
    other usenet server like "news.cn99.com" can't be accessed, neither.

    I've checked with IT administator, port 119 was blocked. So ...

    TIA.

-- 

Best regards
Wenpin Cui (崔文频)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PRC
Tel: +86-0571-86726288 ext:8095



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* Re: [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup?
  2012-05-25  3:30 [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup? wenpin cui
  2012-05-25  3:39 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
@ 2012-05-25  9:49 ` ny6p01
  2012-05-25 14:14 ` ny6p01
  2012-05-28 17:47 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: ny6p01 @ 2012-05-25  9:49 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user; +Cc: ??????

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:30:44AM +0800, wenpin cui wrote:
> hi, all,
> 
>     I want to read some newsgroup so emerged net-nntp/slrn.
> 
>     Then I uncompressed "/usr/share/doc/slrn-0.9.9_p1/slrn.rc.bz2" and modify
>     username/hostname/realname, then saved as $HOME/.slrnrc.
> 
>     After that, I run
> 
>         wenpincui@Gentoo ~ $ slrn --create -h news.newsgroup.com.hk
>         slrn 0.9.9p1
> 
>         Loading /usr/share/slrn/slang/slrn.sl
>         Reading startup file /home/wenpincui/.slrnrc.***Warning: Unable to find a unique fully-qualified host name.
>                     slrn will not generate any Message-IDs.
>                     Please note that the "hostname" setting does not affect this;
>                     see the "slrn reference manual" for details.
> 
>         Using newsrc file /home/wenpincui/.jnewsrc for server news.newsgroup.com.hk.
>         Connecting to host news.newsgroup.com.hk ...
>         Unable to make connection. Giving up.
> 
>         Run-Time Error
>         slrn fatal error:
>         Failed to initialize server.
> 
>     My question is:
>         Am I using slrn correctly?
>         If so, maybe it's resulted by damn firewall, I have to give up.
>       
> -- 
> 
> Best regards
> Wenpin Cui (????????
> Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PRC
> Tel: +86-0571-86726288 ext:8095
> 

Wenpin, make sure you have the nnrpaccess line in there, if your server
requires password:

nnrpaccess "your.news.server.com" "username" "password"

Also, make sure you set the NNTPSERVER environment variable so slrn knows
what server to connect to. Have you set that variable yet?

Terry



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* Re: [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup?
  2012-05-25  3:30 [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup? wenpin cui
  2012-05-25  3:39 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
  2012-05-25  9:49 ` [gentoo-user] " ny6p01
@ 2012-05-25 14:14 ` ny6p01
  2012-05-28  0:59   ` wenpin cui
  2012-05-28 17:47 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
  3 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: ny6p01 @ 2012-05-25 14:14 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user; +Cc: ??????

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 01:33:28PM +0800, wenpin cui wrote:

> hey, guys,
>     
>     actually it's not newsgroup(s).com.hk issue.
>     other usenet server like "news.cn99.com" can't be accessed, neither.
> 
>     I've checked with IT administator, port 119 was blocked. So ...


> Best regards
> Wenpin Cui (????????
> Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PRC
> Tel: +86-0571-86726288 ext:8095
> 

Well, what do you expect out of the PRC, anyway? Good luck.

Terry





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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to access newsgroup?
  2012-05-25  5:33         ` wenpin cui
@ 2012-05-25 14:38           ` Paul Hartman
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Paul Hartman @ 2012-05-25 14:38 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user, 张秀文

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:33 AM, wenpin cui <wenpin.cui@samsung.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:14:45AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> On 25/05/12 07:46, Adam Carter wrote:
>> >>     Using newsrc file /home/wenpincui/.jnewsrc for server news.newsgroups.com.hk.
>> >>     Connecting to host news.newsgroups.com.hk ...
>> >>     Failed to resolve news.newsgroups.com.hk
>> >
>> > So the host is not called news.newsgroups.com.hk.
>> >
>> > $ host news.newsgroups.com.hk
>> > Host news.newsgroups.com.hk not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>> > $ host -t NS newsgroups.com.hk
>> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns11.dnsmadeeasy.com.
>> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns10.dnsmadeeasy.com.
>> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns13.dnsmadeeasy.com.
>> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns14.dnsmadeeasy.com.
>> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns15.dnsmadeeasy.com.
>> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns12.dnsmadeeasy.com.
>> >
>> > So newsgroups.com.hk is a real domain, but the hostname in that domain
>> > is not "news". You'll need to double check what the hostname is.
>>
>> Hmm, his original hostname works though:
>>
>>    $ host news.newsgroup.com.hk
>>    news.newsgroup.com.hk has address 59.188.5.218
>>
>>
> hey, guys,
>
>    actually it's not newsgroup(s).com.hk issue.
>    other usenet server like "news.cn99.com" can't be accessed, neither.
>
>    I've checked with IT administator, port 119 was blocked. So ...

Check with your news provider to see if they have alternative ports
open, or run a portscan with nmap. Otherwise consider using a
different news provider. Many commercial providers allows access on
other ports and SSL encrypted connections on port 563.

Also, if you have IPv6 connectivity, try finding a news host on IPv6.
Sometimes a port is blocked on IPv4 but they forget to block it on
IPv6. :)



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* Re: [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup?
  2012-05-25 14:14 ` ny6p01
@ 2012-05-28  0:59   ` wenpin cui
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: wenpin cui @ 2012-05-28  0:59 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user; +Cc: 张秀文

> 
> Well, what do you expect out of the PRC, anyway? Good luck.
> 
> Terry
> 
> 
> 
This is resulted by company's security policy. I can login in newsgroup at home.

It's OK, at lease mailist was not blocked.

Thank you.

-- 

Best regards
Wenpin Cui (崔文频)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PRC
Tel: +86-0571-86726288 ext:8095



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* [gentoo-user] Re: How to access newsgroup?
  2012-05-25  3:30 [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup? wenpin cui
                   ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2012-05-25 14:14 ` ny6p01
@ 2012-05-28 17:47 ` walt
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: walt @ 2012-05-28 17:47 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 05/24/2012 08:30 PM, wenpin cui wrote:

> damn firewall

Your English is better than my Chinese :-D




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