Can't read news postings

[rll]

I am using a Powerbook G4 running OSX 10.3.9. I use Entourage to read
newsgroups.

Suddenly today, I receive an error message on any message I attempt to read.
The error (No. 132) states the message is no longer available. I can read
messages that I previously read, but no new ones.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Another point is that I have no trouble reading from the Microsoft news
reader, only my news reader from cox communications.

Thanks,

- Russ

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

I am using a Powerbook G4 running OSX 10.3.9. I use Entourage to read
newsgroups.

Suddenly today, I receive an error message on any message I attempt to
read. The error (No. 132) states the message is no longer available.
I can read messages that I previously read, but no new ones.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Another point is that I have no trouble reading from the Microsoft news
reader, only my news reader from cox communications.

Hi Russ!

Comcast has announced they will be discontinuing their newsgroup
services on October 25.

<http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/>

Possibly they've jumped the gun.

If you're trying to access the Microsoft newsgroups then I suggest you
connect instead to msnews.microsoft.com.

A quick search in Google will provide you server addresses for other
Usenet groups.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

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[rll]

Hello William,

I use Cox Communications, not Comcast. Has Cox announced this
discontinuation as well?

I also checked on two of my other computers (another Mac and a PC) and both
showed no contact with the Cox news server.

Thanks,

- Russ

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

I use Cox Communications, not Comcast. Has Cox announced this
discontinuation as well?

I also checked on two of my other computers (another Mac and a PC) and both
showed no contact with the Cox news server.

Apologies, Russ!

This sounded so much like a recent discussion that my mind instantly
switched to Comcast.

I do see that Cox is actually changing their newsgroup services too,
however, for the better.
<http://support.cox.com/sdccommon/asp/defcontent_view.asp>.

Is your newsgroup server address either "news.east.cox.net" or
"news.west.cox.net"?

--

bill

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