OT News server error "Connection refused"

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Mike Easter

John said:
Anybody else unable to post through Eternal September?

IDServe report:

Initiating server query ...
Looking up IP address for domain: news.eternal-september.org
The IP address for the domain is: 88.198.244.100
Connecting to the server on remote port: 119
The port is closed, so our connection attempt was refused.
Query complete.
 
G

GlowingBlueMist

IDServe report:

Initiating server query ...
Looking up IP address for domain: news.eternal-september.org
The IP address for the domain is: 88.198.244.100
Connecting to the server on remote port: 119
The port is closed, so our connection attempt was refused.
Query complete.
People have been reporting problems with port 119 today but port 80
unsecure has been working at least for reading if not posting.

Port 563 secure using SSL/TLS has been working OK so far on Thunderbird
for me.
 
M

Mike Easter

GlowingBlueMist said:
Mike Easter wrote:
People have been reporting problems with port 119 today but port 80
unsecure has been working at least for reading if not posting.

Port 563 secure using SSL/TLS has been working OK so far on Thunderbird
for me.

e-s admin sez:
 

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