From: "A. Sinan Unur" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: comp.os.msdos.djgpp "Server could not be found" Date: 17 Jun 2002 00:01:07 GMT Organization: Cornell University Lines: 26 Sender: asu1 AT cornell DOT invalid (on pool-141-149-206-2.syr.east.verizon.net) Message-ID: References: <001b01c214e4$5ffab4c0$0100a8c0 AT compaq> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-141-149-206-2.syr.east.verizon.net X-Trace: news01.cit.cornell.edu 1024272067 19314 141.149.206.2 (17 Jun 2002 00:01:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet AT news01 DOT cit DOT cornell DOT edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Jun 2002 00:01:07 GMT User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com "Dan Bliss" wrote in news:001b01c214e4$5ffab4c0$0100a8c0 AT compaq: > I am getting an error attempting to access comp.os.msdos.djgpp . Can > you point me to a relevant FAQ of related problem, or suggest another > course of action. I'm running Outlook Express 6 on Windows XP. > > Below are details of the problem: > > Your 'comp.os.msdos.djgpp' folder was not polled for its unread count. > Account: 'comp.os.msdos.djgpp', Server: 'comp.os.msdos.djgpp', > Protocol: NNTP, Port: 119, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error > Number: 0x800CCC0D > you did not configure OE correctly. you need to specify a news server. comp.os.msdos.djgpp is the name of the group, not that of the server. ask your ISP to find out if they have a news server, and its name. or you might go ahead and try news.fast.net (i am assuming your ISP is fast.net). -- A. Sinan Unur asu1 AT cor-nell DOT edu Remove dash for address Spam bait: mailto:uce AT ftc DOT gov