Re: OE Newsgroup Error Messages

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From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/03/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 02:08:04 -0400

0x800CCC0D CANT_FIND_HOST Cannot locate (news) server.

Indicates possible problems on the server's end. (The server is actually
news.giganews.com.)

What other errors are you receiving? Has this account ever worked in OE?

[Your virus definitions are woefully out of date.] 

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Doug wrote:
> Your 'usa-today.news' folder was not polled for its unread count.
> Account: 'douginri at USA Datanet News', Server: 'news.usadatanet.net',
> Protocol: NNTP, Port: 119, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error
> Number: 0x800CCC0D
>
> This is one of the error messages I am getting when downloading newsgroup
> messages.

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