Re: [Pan-users] Port 119 blocked - no newsgroup access!

2015-05-23 Thread Jim Henderson
On Sat, 23 May 2015 13:47:59 -0700, walt wrote: > On 05/21/2015 05:51 AM, Maurice wrote: >> Last week I was in a French (Aix-en-Provence) hotel whose WiFi access >> was blocking Port 119, so could not use Pan to access newsgroups. >> >> Is there an alternative port I could have used, or any other

Re: [Pan-users] Emails

2015-05-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/23/2015 02:08 PM, David Shochat wrote: (replying off-list) Got to this page. I always find it amusing when somebody sends an off-list response to the list itself. ___ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailm

Re: [Pan-users] Port 119 blocked - no newsgroup access!

2015-05-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/23/2015 01:47 PM, walt wrote: I've never actually tried this method, (never needed to) but I think you could use a tool like ssh in "port forwarding" mode, depending on the news server, maybe. I was thinking that if you can read news on your home machine, and you have a reliable way to g

Re: [Pan-users] Emails

2015-05-23 Thread David Shochat
(replying off-list) Got to this page. https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users The unsubscribe instructions are at the bottom of the page. If someone else has already responded, I apologize for the duplication. -- David On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Dieter Britz wrote: > Can I st

[Pan-users] Emails

2015-05-23 Thread Dieter Britz
Can I stop receiving all these emails? How? -- Regards Dieter ___ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users

Re: [Pan-users] Port 119 blocked - no newsgroup access!

2015-05-23 Thread walt
On 05/21/2015 05:51 AM, Maurice wrote: > Last week I was in a French (Aix-en-Provence) hotel whose WiFi access > was blocking Port 119, so could not use Pan to access newsgroups. > > Is there an alternative port I could have used, or any other workaround? I've never actually tried this method, (

Re: [Pan-users] Port 119 blocked - no newsgroup access!

2015-05-23 Thread Jim Henderson
On Sat, 23 May 2015 11:15:21 +, Maurice wrote: > What puzzles me is why it wasn't, but that's a different question: > Is it a good thing for some versions to be compiled with and others > not?! It's up to each distribution to decide what level of risk they're willing to assume when it come

Re: [Pan-users] Port 119 blocked - no newsgroup access!

2015-05-23 Thread David Shochat
On Sat, 23 May 2015 11:15:21 +, Maurice wrote: > On Fri, 22 May 2015 17:26:00 +, David Shochat wrote: > >> think you missed a key part of what Duncan posted: > > I didn't, actually. > It's just that as a Mageia user I use the Mageia version, which > Duncan's response confirms was not

Re: [Pan-users] Port 119 blocked - no newsgroup access!

2015-05-23 Thread Maurice
On Fri, 22 May 2015 17:26:00 +, David Shochat wrote: > think you missed a key part of what Duncan posted: I didn't, actually. It's just that as a Mageia user I use the Mageia version, which Duncan's response confirms was not built with the security options. What puzzles me is why it wasn