Thanks for your inputs.  I'll try talking to the help desk to see if they have
anything to add.  It shouldn't be this hard...

As long as I can use the web interface, I guess it doesn't matter that much.

Eric

Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Fri, 08 May 2009 14:38:24 -0400, EricG wrote:
>
> > I tried the same telnet command with msnews.microsoft.com, and it worked
> > just fine.  I can't detect any difference in the way the two newsgroups
> > are set up in Outlook express.  They are both using port 119.
>
> If you can't telnet to the port on the server, it's not an Outlook
> configuration issue - it's a communications issue.  So as long as you've
> spelled the server's name correctly (and it is news.povray.org, so it
> seems that that can be ruled out), there isn't anything you can change in
> Outlook that will correct the problem.
>
> Think of it like driving a car to an island.  If there's exactly one
> route on the roads to get to the island (over a bridge) and the bridge
> isn't open, the type of (non-amphibious) car you're driving won't matter,
> because the fundamental problem is that the bridge is closed.
>
> So the first step is to get the bridge opened.
>
> > Can a firewall filter certain NGs out (maybe that have ".org" in them
> > instead of ".com")?
>
> Possibly; you'd have to ask your firewall administrator.
>
> Jim

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