Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: mperdue@l4software.com (Mario Perdue) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.problems.internet Subject: Re: Freetalk Access Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 15:53:17 GMT Organization: L4 Software Lines: 44 Message-ID: <34a12ec7.2354633@205.149.189.29> References: <349E8A49.1688@bellatlantic.net> <34a22acb.4512659@205.149.189.29> <349F27B2.1251@bellatlantic.net> <349FF0DC.2B1E@ix.netcom.com> <349FC7DC.2E11@bellatlantic.net> <34A0724B.3F7D@bellatlantic.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: firewall.hrtc.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Matthew, I've been using Forte' Free Agent since I first started using newsgroups. It works great. You can download a copy of it at: http://www.forteinc.com You might want to give it a try. Mario On Wed, 24 Dec 1997 02:24:11 +0000, Matthew Hulett wrote: >Well, after a few hours of exploring, I have become more familiar with >the groups. My problem is worse than I thought, although I can live with >it. I can not access any Japanese groups, which doesn't break my heart >because I can't read Japanese anyway. On the european front, I can't >access the announce section, the mac problems section, or the profile >section. No biggie, I just wish I knew why. On the SCEA side, I still >can't access the freetalk group. I now find I also cannot get into >the event group or the programming libraries group. > Are any of you having any problems like this? I even tried >uninstalling my browser, cleaning up my registries, and reinstalling my >browser. How could I be the only one who can't access a bunch of groups? >I even tried using a different version of Netscape (2.02.01a) just for >the heck of it, no difference. Why would the Sony server tell just me >that the group does not exist? No jokes about New Jersey please. I have >to still wonder that Bell Atlantic is in some way my problem. > I really want to access the freetalk group, this seems to be the most >active group, and being able to access the programming libraries group >seems like it would be very important in the future. > How unfortunate that the staff has gone on vacation. Oh well, I know >my dilemna has been noted by some, perhaps someone will offer me a >solution. If not Bell Atlantic, is it possible that my browser is >sending a message that the Yaroze server is misinterpreting? Sometimes >when I edit my website, if the Sony server makes my computer wait too >long for a reply, my browser sends a message that the Sony server cannot >understand (I get a message from the server saying my browser sent a >message it could not understand). Could it be the internet protocol used >by Bell Atlantic? > Help... > Matt