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Im behind a proxy-server here at USU. I'm trying to set up
Thunderbird to access RSA and other groups...mainly so I can get at IP addresses :-) What do I type in for the address of the server ? "rec.skiing.alpine" ?? Sorry...new to this sorta thing. |
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Yabahoobs wrote:
Im behind a proxy-server here at USU. I'm trying to set up Thunderbird to access RSA and other groups...mainly so I can get at IP addresses :-) What do I type in for the address of the server ? "rec.skiing.alpine" ?? Sorry...new to this sorta thing. Not sure, but news.usu.edu resolves for me to cc.usu.edu, so you may be able to use news.usu.edu. Non-authoritative answer: news.usu.edu canonical name = cc.usu.edu. Name: cc.usu.edu Address: 129.123.1.87 Name: cc.usu.edu Address: 129.123.1.89 Name: cc.usu.edu Address: 129.123.1.117 Name: cc.usu.edu Address: 129.123.1.150 -klaus |
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klaus wrote:
Yabahoobs wrote: Im behind a proxy-server here at USU. I'm trying to set up Thunderbird to access RSA and other groups...mainly so I can get at IP addresses :-) What do I type in for the address of the server ? "rec.skiing.alpine" ?? Sorry...new to this sorta thing. Not sure, but news.usu.edu resolves for me to cc.usu.edu, so you may be able to use news.usu.edu. Non-authoritative answer: news.usu.edu canonical name = cc.usu.edu. Name: cc.usu.edu Address: 129.123.1.87 Name: cc.usu.edu Address: 129.123.1.89 Name: cc.usu.edu Address: 129.123.1.117 Name: cc.usu.edu Address: 129.123.1.150 -klaus Also, your ISP may not carry rsa on its server. You may need to subscribe to a newsgroup heavy server like news.individual.net. This is the old German server that everybody used a few years ago and it's now a premium site. It's only maybe 12 Euros a year and I find it worth it. The only hassle I've found is that I forget how I paid them the year before. It uses a European credit card service, and since I only use it for this one payment, it forgets about me and I have to re-up every year. That would be OK, but when I re-up and enter my email addy, they say that that address is already in their system and I wind up calling the US representative. A fine waste of half an hour each year. As for what Klaus said above, your computer probably already knows this, but it's important. The rest is simply finding a source for the newsgroups you want to subscribe to. |
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"VtSkier" wrote in message ... Also, your ISP may not carry rsa on its server. You may need to subscribe to a newsgroup heavy server like news.individual.net. Or, contact your ISP and ask them to carry it. It's worked for me. Bob |
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Bob F wrote:
"VtSkier" wrote in message ... Also, your ISP may not carry rsa on its server. You may need to subscribe to a newsgroup heavy server like news.individual.net. Or, contact your ISP and ask them to carry it. It's worked for me. I'm assuming he is on a usu.edu computer, so they *are* his ISP. Also, when I looked for the news server, I found a USU IT page that said they carried all the Big 8 groups, so he should be fine. Of course he could just login onto their VAX VMS cluster, and read it their. Yikes! http://cc.usu.edu/~bob/vmsnews/ -klaus |
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VtSkier wrote:
You may need to subscribe to a newsgroup heavy server like news.individual.net. This is the old German server that everybody used a few years ago and it's now a premium site. It's only maybe 12 Euros a year and I find it worth it. I agree. Works through firewalls without a peep. The only hassle I've found is that I forget how I paid them the year before. It uses a European credit card service, and since I only use it for this one payment, it forgets about me and I have to re-up every year. That would be OK, but when I re-up and enter my email addy, they say that that address is already in their system and I wind up calling the US representative. A fine waste of half an hour each year. Hmm. I get an email from ClickandBuy every year, and just click somewhere to re-up. Haven't had a problem so far. see: http://news.individual.net/faq.php#4.8 -- Mike Treseler |
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klaus wrote:
What do I type in for the address of the server ? "rec.skiing.alpine" ?? Sorry...new to this sorta thing. The news server address is all you need if you have a login/password. Subscribe to groups after you are connected. Related example: http://news.individual.net/configuration/netscape7.php -- Mike Treseler |
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On Oct 25, 4:50 pm, klaus wrote:
Bob F wrote: "VtSkier" wrote in message ... Also, your ISP may not carry rsa on its server. You may need to subscribe to a newsgroup heavy server like news.individual.net. Or, contact your ISP and ask them to carry it. It's worked for me. I'm assuming he is on a usu.edu computer, so they *are* his ISP. Also, when I looked for the news server, I found a USU IT page that said they carried all the Big 8 groups, so he should be fine. Of course he could just login onto their VAX VMS cluster, and read it their. Yikes! http://cc.usu.edu/~bob/vmsnews/ -klaus Niiiiiiice ! That did the trick. |
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In article ,
klaus wrote: I'm assuming he is on a usu.edu computer, so they *are* his ISP. Also, I was thinkin'... Of course he could just login onto their VAX VMS cluster, and read it [there]. OMG! Utah State runs a VAX Cluster? ****. Batch oriented operations. -- According to John Perry Barlow, "Jeff Davis is a truly gifted trouble-maker." |
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Jeff Davis wrote:
In article , klaus wrote: I'm assuming he is on a usu.edu computer, so they *are* his ISP. Also, I was thinkin'... Of course he could just login onto their VAX VMS cluster, and read it [there]. OMG! Utah State runs a VAX Cluster? ****. Batch oriented operations. Batch? No. Multiuser/multitasking. Window system and everything. -klaus |
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