In Windows Mail go to Tools, Options, Send, News Sending Format,
make sure Plain Text is selected, then click on its Plain Text Settings
button. Select Uuencode, click OK.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"Marie" <Marie@xxxxxx> wrote in message news
31EE817-8292-484E-9731-77E333FD8C83@xxxxxx
Quote:
>I am attempting to post a reply to a newsgroup with Bellsouth.net. I have
> contacted Bellsouth Tech Support and my settings are correct. They say that
> they use port 119 for newsgroup mail and the newsgroup is not accepting from
> that port. I deleted the Bellsouth newsgroup account and re-installed and
> re-subcribed to 3 different newsgroups and got the same error 0x800CCCA9 from
> all three attempts - tried it different times. This is the error message.
> Help!
>
> Windows Mail could not post your message. Subject 'Re: Oxidation problem',
> Account: 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Server: 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net',
> Protocol: NNTP, Server Response: '441 Posting Failed (Rejected by POST
> filter)', Port: 119, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 441, Error Number:
> 0x800CCCA9
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> Marie