On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:12:23 -0400, Twayne wrote:

you might try changing the ".com" to ".net" and see what happens.
Sometimes things get a little iffy with .com.

You might want to test your theories yourself before advancing them as
solutions. There is no '.net' the

| C:\utils\ns_benchtelnet msnews.microsoft.net 119
| Connecting To msnews.microsoft.net...Could not open connection to the host,
| on port 119: Connect failed

Also this:

| 08/27/09 17:35:21 dns msnews.microsoft.net
| No data of requested type
| (Host doesn't exist - try Dig for MX record)

On the other hand:

| C:\utils\ns_benchtelnet msnews.microsoft.com 119
| Connecting To msnews.microsoft.com...
|
| 200 NNTP Service 6.0.3790.1830 Version: 6.0.3790.1830 Posting Allowed
| quit
| 205 closing connection - goodbye!
|
| Connection to host lost.

I find that 'msnews.microsoft.com' is about as reliable as,
'news.eternal-september.org'.

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Norman
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