Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Mark.Dickman@elmail.co.uk (Mark Dickman) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.problems.internet Subject: Re: SONY SITE ACCESS Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:43:30 GMT Organization: ElectricMail Ltd. Lines: 52 Message-ID: <333905f6.2674817@news.playstation.co.uk> References: <33381CDC.4A08@dial.pipex.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: oneida.elmail.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 On Tue, 25 Mar 1997 10:43:40 -0800, William Docherty wrote: >Could someone please supply me with FULL details of the Sony Sites access >requirements so that I can configure off-line news reader programs and >other internet software. ... To configure offline News readers like Free Agent, Netscape, etc. the news server is news.playstation.co.uk. This is entirely in addition and separate to newsgroups available through your provider. You MUST use a news reader that can use the authentication mechanisms, with Username and password being the same as for the Yaroze web site. The email server will be your providers email SMTP server (I think PIPEX is relay.mail.pipex.net). If you have a demon account that will be relay-1.mail.demon.net or punt-1.mail.demon.net ) I don't know of any web mirroring software that will allow you to download the website due to the access requirements. Sony's site is not available by direct dial, so >other internet software. Details such as phone nums, IP addresses, >POP3,SMTP,NNTP info etc. is not really relevant, as all such details are provided by your IP provider. If you really want IP address for the sites: news.playstation.co.uk. 86400 CNAME chuka.playstation.co.uk. www.playstation.co.uk. 86400 CNAME chuka.playstation.co.uk. chuka.playstation.co.uk. 86400 A 194.203.13.2 Be very aware that this CAN and very likely WILL change. >I am also having doubts about using PIPEX as they have been having a lot >of server (and news server) problems recently, is this common ? I have >not used their services before. The website is at the other end of a PIPEX leased line, so theoretically the fastest service should be through PIPEX dial. Not having traced the routes I can't tell. News server problems at PIPEX will not affect your ability to talk to sony's news groups. Every provider has problems at times. How long it takes to get fixed depends on the problem, and where the problem is caused, is what matters. -- Mark Dickman - Internal Systems Administrator http://www.elmail.co.uk tel. +44 1223 501333 fax. +44 1223 501444 -- Delivering the Internet to your Desktop --