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rog2
Premium Member
join:2002-07-03
BC

rog2

Premium Member

News groups

XNews keeps timing out trying to reach shawnews.vc.shawcable.net

I have no idea how long this has been going on. Has Shaw dropped news groups?

kevinds
Premium Member
join:2003-05-01
Calgary, AB

kevinds

Premium Member

Doesn't time out when I use Telnet, it answers...

telnet shawnews.vc.shawcable.net 119

200 Welcome to Shaw News Service
help
100 Legal Commands
article [|number]
authinfo type value
body [|number]
date
group newsgroup
head [|number]
help
last
list [active wildmat|active.times|counts wildmat]
list [overview.fmt|newsgroups wildmat]
listgroup newsgroup
mode reader
next
post
stat [|number]
xhdr field [range]
xover [range]
xpat field range pattern
xfeature useragent
quit

Also maybe try news.shawcable.net ?

rog2
Premium Member
join:2002-07-03
BC

rog2

Premium Member

said by kevinds:

Doesn't time out when I use Telnet, it answers...

Changed router security settings will do it. Thanks for the response though.