Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 06:50:59 GMT
From: George Foot <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
Message-Id: <199801250650.GAA04766@sable.ox.ac.uk>
To: kknightwind AT usa DOT net
Subject: Re: Is the newsgroup down?
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
In-Reply-To: <34CA899A.528@usa.net>
Organization: Oxford University, England
Precedence: bulk

In article <34CA899A DOT 528 AT usa DOT net> on comp.os.msdos.djgpp you wrote:
: I just wanted to know if your newsgroup was down because when I click on
: the link to it Netscape tells me it doesnt have a DNS entry or its down.

The newsgroup can't be down in this way... for a newsgroup to be down
it would require every single news server in the world to crash or
stop carrying it.  Not likely!

What this probably means is that you haven't given Netscape a valid
news server.  I'm not sure how you supply the information, but your
ISP (hopefully) provides you with one that you can tell Netscape to
use.  If you've already done this, make sure the spelling is correct.

: I dont know maybe Im just dion it wrong..The reason I ask is because I
: had a question but Id rather bother the folks on the newsgroup with it
: thanks

The newsgroup and mailing list are linked... anything on the mailing
list is mirrored to the newsgroup, and vice versa.  So asking on the
newsgroup reaches exactly the same people as asking on the mailing
list does :).

-- 
Regards,

george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk