- No Permission
- Posted by Harrythebrod on February 29th, 2004
Can anyone help?
My OS is Windows 98SE
I'm using Outlook Express 6 and when accessing news group I frequently, now
more and more receive the following error message.
"An unknown response was received in response to a request for information
from news server 'news.btopenworld.com'. "502 You have no permission to
talk. Goodbye.
Configuration
Account: news.btopenworld.com
Server: news.btopenworld.com
This doesn't occur all the time, in fact there does not seem to be a pattern
at all. Trying to get technical support from BT is a nightmare, even when
one is prepared to pay 50p. per minute.
Thanks to anyone willing to help, in anticipation.
- Posted by eric the seal on February 29th, 2004
Don't worry, they are just out to get you...
This is a simple case of their servers being too overloaded to allow any
further connections. Although you say you can't see a pattern, I bet you get
it at busy times and never at 3 in the morning. Please test this by doing
checks over the next 72 hours by attempting to connect at 15 minute
intervals...
What to do about it? well, sign up for some additional news accounts from
other providers. Many are free. There is one at some German University that
people seem to swear by. I use giganews which is different in that I prefer
to swear at it, rather than by it. Seriously though, you do get what you pay
for.
"Harrythebrod" <h.brodmann@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:c1tqdu$u6$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
- Posted by why? on February 29th, 2004
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:51:42 +0000 (UTC), Harrythebrod wrote:
This is a common message in response to your IP address not being
allowed to talk to the newsserver.
Usually only BTOW can sort that. What you may want to do when you get
the error is get a note of your IP address. I can't remember but for
Win98SE this should work -
Open a DOS/Command Prompt
type -
ipconfig
One of the lines displayed will be, IP Address ...... x.y.z.a
Take a note of the address, Sometimes when ISPs open up new ranges of
addresses they need activated on systems like news servers. On the days
it works if you view the IP address you may see a set of similar numbers
compared to a different set of those that don't.
It may help to send an email to BT support with a list of those numbers
that don't work.
Are connected via BT at the time or maybe some other (secondary/backup)
ISP when you open OE? This would give the same result.
Me
- Posted by Trent C on February 29th, 2004
Or in Windows click on Start - Run, and type "winipcfg" (without the quote
marks)
- Posted by why? on March 1st, 2004
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:28:20 -0000, Trent C wrote:
Which versions of Windows? That doesn't work on 2 out of the 3 I use.
Not for every version which is why I didn't mention it, having said that
I can't remember if 'ipconfig' exists in all versions either. Win
NT/2000 are ipconfig, while the GUI version is wntipcfg and it's on the
the resource kit CDs.
There are plenty of previous posts listing which works where.
Me
- Posted by Harrythebrod on March 2nd, 2004
Thank you all for your help
"Harrythebrod" <h.brodmann@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:c1tqdu$u6$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
- Posted by Trent C on March 3rd, 2004
Winipcfg works in all flavours of Windows 98 and 98se, which is what the OP
has, which is why I suggested it.
- Posted by why? on March 3rd, 2004
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 08:27:17 -0000, Trent C wrote:
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