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$ host news.giganews.com news.giganews.com has address 216.166.105.131 So an throttling ISP can safely assume any traffic to 216.166.105.131 is News/NNTP, so the ISP will throttle that. If you use SSL, it still has the same IP address [05/07 13:54:29] ERROR Giganews Unable to start SSL to news server Error: SSL Negotiation Failed, Host: news.giganews.com Error: SSL Lib returned error: 0xffffffffffffffb4 10060 A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has Oct 23, 2007 · GigaNews and Usenet Server operate quite differently from Usenet.com. GigaNews and Usenet Server’s operation tends to stem away from the blatantly obvious, and Usenet Server does a much better job of appearing "old school" than GigaNews. Oct 16, 2013 · news.giganews.com. traceroute to{edited for privacy}30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 gw1-g-vlan201.dca.giganews.com (216.196.98.4) 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms news:mn*****@news.giganews.com: I have to import a tab-delimited text file daily into Access through a macro. All of the data needs to be added to an existing table. Some of the data already exists but may be updated by the imported text file. I can update the data through an update query or append the entire import table Recent Changes in Version 0.2.5. Version 0.2.5 includes cosmetic changes to the user interface and the installation process. For a more detailed list of improvements, please visit the Mimo Changelog. Jul 16, 2019 · ; Service-level configuration compression = zlib nntp accept = 127.0.0.1:119 connect news.giganews.com:563 5) Save the file and close the window. 6) Go to Start->All Programs->Stunnel->Run Stunnel to start stunnel and then you should see the program running in your taskbar.

PING news.giganews.com PING will tell you if it can establish a connection. An even better test is to type: TELNET address 119 and see if you get a greeting from the news server. 3. If you have a hardware or software firewall program, it may be blocking your access. Try temporarily turning off your firewall and see if that enables the connection.

1987: C News. Giganews Usenet History > 1987: C News . B News was the reigning news software from its inception in 1981 to 1987 when two University of Toronto staff members created a revamped news server package called C News. Hi all, I'm new and still finding my way in the world of Usenet, so apologies if this is a muppet question. I've read the r/usenet rules and didn't think the below contravenes Rule #1 re: specific content, but please let me know if it does. Dec 12, 2012 · Note that Giganews offers a product that its users can use called the "Giganews Accelerator". Newsbin versions newer than 5.55 have the Accelerator built in so, you no longer need to use the Giganews accelerator. If you've been using the Accelerator, set the Address to "news.giganews.com" and restart Newsbin to use the built in accelerator. PING news.giganews.com PING will tell you if it can establish a connection. An even better test is to type: TELNET address 119 and see if you get a greeting from the news server. 3. If you have a hardware or software firewall program, it may be blocking your access. Try temporarily turning off your firewall and see if that enables the connection.

Jul 01, 2016 · Server: news.giganews.com; Ports: 563 or 443 for SSL; 119, 23, or 80 without SSL; If the Giganews Accelerator is enabled, change the server to “localhost” and the port to 119, with SSL disabled. Customer support. Giganews is one of the few Usenet providers that features actual 24/7 live support, and not just a ticket submission system.

1979: Origins of Usenet; "A News" Giganews Usenet History > 1979: Origins of Usenet; "A News" Usenet first began as the brainchild of two Duke University graduate students, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in late 1979. A recent operating system upgrade left the computer science department with obsolete local announcement software. news.giganews.com news.astraweb.com news.easynews.com I'm sure you see the pattern. In our example, I have typed the name of the Giganews news server. Next, click on In the meantime, you can also try news.giganews.com without port filled out and no SSL. Top. wolf971 Newbie Posts: 9 Joined: March 1st, 2015, 9:53 pm. Apr 23, 2010 · 10:12:30 PM Unable to authenticate at server: news.giganews.com (481 SSL access not allowed). It has been working fine for years so I don't know whats up. Any help would be apprecited.