Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: Matthew Hulett Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.problems.internet Subject: Re: Freetalk Access Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 15:24:42 +0000 Organization: SCEA News Server Lines: 51 Message-ID: <34A1293A.2AE@bellatlantic.net> 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> <34a12ec7.2354633@205.149.189.29> NNTP-Posting-Host: client-119-36.bellatlantic.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win95; I) CC: Matthew Hulett Ah ha, the problem is solved! Thanks Mario, obviously my Netscape newsreader was speaking a language the server did not understand. Matt Mario Perdue wrote: > > 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