no connection to newsgroups

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"Oncler" wrote in message
om...
I realize that this is off topic but....

My ISP stopped carrying usenet....I have been using readfreenews, but
it doesn't allow posting, and using Google is a pain. Is there a free
server out there that allows reading and posting ?? Thanks--

All of the newsgroups on one of our WinXP computers have stopped working
with a failure to find the server.

I have checked the firewall client, internet connection, email
connection.... all work from that computer.

I went to the Control Panel / Add/Remove Programs / Windows Components / and
unchecked Outlook Express. After it finished, I went back and rechecked it
watched it say it was loading files. Still, no connection to any servers.

Again, on this WinXP computer, everything in newsgroups is fine. And I
verified everything that is in this computer is in the other computer in the
Outlook Express Accounts and Options windows and sub windows

Any thoughts?

--
David

"David S. Calef" wrote in message
...
All of the newsgroups on one of our WinXP computers have stopped working
with a failure to find the server.

I have checked the firewall client, internet connection, email
connection.... all work from that computer.

I went to the Control Panel / Add/Remove Programs / Windows Components /
and
unchecked Outlook Express. After it finished, I went back and rechecked
it
watched it say it was loading files. Still, no connection to any
servers.

Again, on this WinXP computer, everything in newsgroups is fine. And I
verified everything that is in this computer is in the other computer in
the
Outlook Express Accounts and Options windows and sub windows

Any thoughts?

--
David

Can you ping those servers?
-pk