Re: posting problems STILL!

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From: Mark Bowen (beausdad_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:15:56 -0400

"Jim Pickering" <jimp@mvps.invalid> wrote in message
news:Oy$SUH5bEHA.2940@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> See if any of these tidbits apply in your case:
>
> 441 - No valid newsgroups in "?????????"
> One or more of the newsgroups you have entered on the Project Settings is
> not valid (does not exist).
>

Yes it exists, as it is rec.outdoors.fishing.fly. Please try it yourself to
corroborate.

> From: address not in internet syntax
> Most news servers we have tested do not validate that the From: address is
> formatted correctly, that is name@domain. We have however seen some servers
> return this error when the From: address is not in this format. Change your
> From: address so that is formatted like name@domain.

It is.

>
> line 3 too long
> The list of newsgroups to post/cross-post your message to is too long for
> your news server. How long is too long? It varies from news server to news
> server. Read Current Usenet SPAM Thresholds and Guidelines to get an idea
> of what the generally accepted guidelines for cross-posting are. Try
> reducing the number of newsgroups, splitting the message and newsgroups into
> two or more messages, or try the "Limit cross-posting to n groups at a time"
> feature.

I am only posting to one NG: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly at a time?

>
> The 0x800ccca9 error is just generic for unable to post your message. If
> none of the above apply, then I'd suggest contacting Bell South again and
> ask to have your call "escalated" to a higher level of technical help.
> You're the one paying Bell South for the service. As a point of info, I
> have no difficulty in using Telnet to connect to the server
> "newsgroups.bellsouth.net" so the server address is correct.

See this is what is so strange? I was goin' along postin' just fine then all of a
sudden my posts began hangin' up in the Out.box. However, the server I was posting to
was "news.clt.bellsouth.net There was no warning or e-mail sent out to tell me that
they had change their server addy (?), yet some of my post would go thru and some
would just hang. Now nothing will go thru, yet I still receive downloads of other
folks posts? Bellsouth customer service tells me to contact Microsoft, cause it ain't
their problem. However, if it was an OE program problem, I shouldn't be able to post
to this NG, right?

>
> Or you can visit this webpage and click on Technical Support for help"
> http://home.bellsouth.net/

If only I could! I have tried to connect to their tech. support via their home page,
but the page just hangs up or when I do get to the linked page (?), when I click in
the dial-up link it just recycles right back to the same page again, over and over
again?

I perplexed and pissed. I really don't want to have to pay for a news service, when
it should come with my ISP. I'm to the point of sendin' a very nasty e-mail to
bellsouth and sign-up with another service, but that's gonna cost me for the
connection to bellsouth and then the cost of a new service. I'm not cheap or
anything, but I certianly don't swim in bucks workin' as an electrician for the state
of North Carolina.

Thanks for you help, and allowin' me to unload a bit!

Mark
> Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
> Please reply only to newsgroup.
>
>
>
> "Mark Bowen" <beausdad@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:uJUzG24bEHA.3904@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Can anyone interpret the error message below, line for line, and give me an
> idea if it is an OE problem or a bellsouth problem. I have set up my news
> account exactly as bellsouth.net instructs, and attempted to post a request
> for help at bellsouth.net.support.asdl, but go figure--I CAN"T POST TO THEIR
> FRIGGIN' NG EITHER!
>
> Outlook Express could not post your message. Subject 'test', Account:
> 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Server: 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Protocol:
> NNTP, Server Response: '441 Posting Failed (Rejected by POST filter)', Port:
> 119, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 441, Error Number: 0x800CCCA9
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>

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