thanks - seems i come up 111 blocks short no mater what combination I
try - oh well :-(
On 02 Nov 2016 20:28:05 GMT, "fred-bloggs"
<fred-bloggs@hahahotmail.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 02 Nov 2016 19:43:56 GMT, BigBill <bill@bbrent.com> wrote
>
>> odd - the asta I'm using is
>> eu.news.astraweb.com
>> are the one's you list different?
>>
>> Ive been using the US giganew - I'll try the EU version
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> On 02 Nov 2016 16:47:32 GMT, "fred-bloggs"
>> <fred-bloggs@hahahotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:07:14 GMT, BigBill <bill@bbrent.com> wrote
>>>
>>>> not enough left on Alta or Gig
>>>
>>>You are using both US and EU servers ?
>>>news.giganews.com
>>>news-europe.giganews.com
>>>ssl-us.astraweb.com
>>>ssl-eu.astraweb.com
>>
>
>The ssl Astras are secure encrypted connections (like https for web).
>They use ports 443 or 563.
>
>The unencrypted addresses are
>eu.news.astraweb.com
>us.news.astraweb.com
>and use port 119
>
>There's no point in trying secure AND unsecure connections, choose
>either.
>
>But you should be requesting articles from both EU and US servers of Giga
>and Astra.
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