Thanks for your help Moritz. > > But it does not open a connection on the port nntp (119) as I > > thought. > Hmm, why should it? It's a news server, so it should listen on the > nntp port for incoming connections. A client should open a connection > to the nntp port to speak with the server.
Ok, there is a error in my question: I meant that innd does not LISTEN on nntp port. > > I guess I have a line to add in /etc/inetd.conf. What is this line? > Hmm. Try to connect to your nntp port - is innd running? Yes, innd is running but when my client try to connect to the nntp port, the connection is refused (because innd does NOT listen on nntp port). -- David