On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:33 AM, wenpin cui <wenpin....@samsung.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:14:45AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> On 25/05/12 07:46, Adam Carter wrote: >> >> Using newsrc file /home/wenpincui/.jnewsrc for server >> >> news.newsgroups.com.hk. >> >> Connecting to host news.newsgroups.com.hk ... >> >> Failed to resolve news.newsgroups.com.hk >> > >> > So the host is not called news.newsgroups.com.hk. >> > >> > $ host news.newsgroups.com.hk >> > Host news.newsgroups.com.hk not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) >> > $ host -t NS newsgroups.com.hk >> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns11.dnsmadeeasy.com. >> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns10.dnsmadeeasy.com. >> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns13.dnsmadeeasy.com. >> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns14.dnsmadeeasy.com. >> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns15.dnsmadeeasy.com. >> > newsgroups.com.hk name server ns12.dnsmadeeasy.com. >> > >> > So newsgroups.com.hk is a real domain, but the hostname in that domain >> > is not "news". You'll need to double check what the hostname is. >> >> Hmm, his original hostname works though: >> >> $ host news.newsgroup.com.hk >> news.newsgroup.com.hk has address 59.188.5.218 >> >> > hey, guys, > > actually it's not newsgroup(s).com.hk issue. > other usenet server like "news.cn99.com" can't be accessed, neither. > > I've checked with IT administator, port 119 was blocked. So ...
Check with your news provider to see if they have alternative ports open, or run a portscan with nmap. Otherwise consider using a different news provider. Many commercial providers allows access on other ports and SSL encrypted connections on port 563. Also, if you have IPv6 connectivity, try finding a news host on IPv6. Sometimes a port is blocked on IPv4 but they forget to block it on IPv6. :)
