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Wull - 29 Apr 2006 23:57 GMT

AT&T is now telling me that MSN is blocking me from downloading
the news group that they recommend. I have tried all three that they
recommend.

Does anyone have an idea as to what I can do?

What news reader is recommended in place of OE?

TIA
Wull

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Shenan Stanley - 30 Apr 2006 01:45 GMT

> AT&T is now telling me that MSN is blocking me from downloading
> the news group that they recommend. I have tried all three that
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>
> What news reader is recommended in place of OE?

Newsreaders in place of Outlook Express?
XNews, FreeAgent <- those come to mind. But do a search and read reviews
for yourself.

You failed to mention which newsgroups that AT&T recommended that you are
being "blocked" from..
And why that even came up?

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Wesley Vogel - 30 Apr 2006 01:48 GMT

See this for the OP

Please Help
microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment/brows
e_frm/thread/d59346851afbdeb7/197d9975049c279b?tvc=1&q=group%3Amicrosoft.public.
windowsxp.setup_deployment+insubject%3APlease+insubject%3AHelp&hl=en#197d9975049
c279b

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Wes
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>> AT&T is now telling me that MSN is blocking me from downloading
>> the news group that they recommend. I have tried all three that
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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Wull - 30 Apr 2006 02:22 GMT

You missed my earlier posts SS. I use OE and I cannot download the news
groups from 'news.houston.sbcglobal.net', nor the other two that SBC
recommends. Their claim is that MSN is blocking me connecting to the news
server. I have no trouble with any other server. I do prefer OE. Is there
any way to unblock the connection. I feel that AT&T is just guessing, they
have very little expertise in handling this issue. They cannot connect
either using OE. So their answer is tough, they don't support news groups,
but they still sell the program.

Thanks anyhow for your answer.

Wull

>> AT&T is now telling me that MSN is blocking me from downloading
>> the news group that they recommend. I have tried all three that
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> being "blocked" from..
> And why that even came up?

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Shenan Stanley - 30 Apr 2006 02:41 GMT

Shenan Stanley wrote:

> Newsreaders in place of Outlook Express?
> XNews, FreeAgent <- those come to mind. But do a search and read
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> you are being "blocked" from..
> And why that even came up?

> You missed my earlier posts SS. I use OE and I cannot download the
> news groups from 'news.houston.sbcglobal.net', nor the other two
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> groups, but they still sell the program.
> Thanks anyhow for your answer.

Yes - I would miss that - since it was not kept in one single thread. =)

I see your ISP is sbcglobal.net...
I only point this oout because some (many) ISPs block usage of their
resources from outside users.
Since you are not "outside" of their domain when using your DSL - then it
*should* be working.

http://newsinfo.sbcglobal.net/newsinfo.html#oen

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Wesley Vogel - 30 Apr 2006 02:50 GMT

Good golly!

[[If you have installed our customized version of Internet Explorer...]]
http://newsinfo.sbcglobal.net/newsinfo.html#oen

I wonder if they copied it from AOL?

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Wes
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>> AT&T is now telling me that MSN is blocking me from downloading
>> the news group that they recommend. I have tried all three that
[quoted text clipped - 40 lines]
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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