Vista - Comcast News Server Has Changed Name

07-09-2008

Up until 7/05/08, I could use my news.comcast.net newsgroup NNTP server, but
it couldn't be reached after that. This was the name I was given by them and
the one that worked until that date. Now, their help page shows that their
news server is called: newsgroups.comcast.net . When I removed the old
subscription and added one with the new NNTP name, I got access again. If
anyone using Comcast keeps getting a "server cannot be contacted" message,
this may be the problem. You will have to re-subscribe to all your favorite
newsgroups, as they will be removed along with the old newsgroup account.
You wonder why Comcast wouldn't have notified their subscribers?

07-09-2008

newsgroups.comcast.net traces to the giganews.com network.
Looks like Comcast has outsourced their NNTP service to Giganews.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

"Captain Aero" <CaptainAero@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:82EE9C65-4BF0-4F53-B8F6-7A692DD08ACF@xxxxxx

Quote:

>
> Up until 7/05/08, I could use my news.comcast.net newsgroup NNTP server, but
> it couldn't be reached after that. This was the name I was given by them and
> the one that worked until that date. Now, their help page shows that their
> news server is called: newsgroups.comcast.net . When I removed the old
> subscription and added one with the new NNTP name, I got access again. If
> anyone using Comcast keeps getting a "server cannot be contacted" message,
> this may be the problem. You will have to re-subscribe to all your favorite
> newsgroups, as they will be removed along with the old newsgroup account.
> You wonder why Comcast wouldn't have notified their subscribers?

07-09-2008	#1 (permalink)
Captain Aero n/a posts	Comcast News Server Has Changed Name Up until 7/05/08, I could use my news.comcast.net newsgroup NNTP server, but it couldn't be reached after that. This was the name I was given by them and the one that worked until that date. Now, their help page shows that their news server is called: newsgroups.comcast.net . When I removed the old subscription and added one with the new NNTP name, I got access again. If anyone using Comcast keeps getting a "server cannot be contacted" message, this may be the problem. You will have to re-subscribe to all your favorite newsgroups, as they will be removed along with the old newsgroup account. You wonder why Comcast wouldn't have notified their subscribers?
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07-09-2008	#2 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen n/a posts	Re: Comcast News Server Has Changed Name newsgroups.comcast.net traces to the giganews.com network. Looks like Comcast has outsourced their NNTP service to Giganews. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Captain Aero" <CaptainAero@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:82EE9C65-4BF0-4F53-B8F6-7A692DD08ACF@xxxxxx Quote: > > Up until 7/05/08, I could use my news.comcast.net newsgroup NNTP server, but > it couldn't be reached after that. This was the name I was given by them and > the one that worked until that date. Now, their help page shows that their > news server is called: newsgroups.comcast.net . When I removed the old > subscription and added one with the new NNTP name, I got access again. If > anyone using Comcast keeps getting a "server cannot be contacted" message, > this may be the problem. You will have to re-subscribe to all your favorite > newsgroups, as they will be removed along with the old newsgroup account. > You wonder why Comcast wouldn't have notified their subscribers?
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