it turns out my firewall was borked. thanx again charles zeitler
On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 9:11 AM Charles Zeitler <cfzeit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > for a couple of days it sufficed me to stop firewalld service > to get a usenet connection. > > today i get : > Sat Jul 20 08:59:46 2019 - Error connecting to > "news-v6.frugalusenet.com:563" (Cannot assign requested address) > Sat Jul 20 09:02:02 2019 - Error connecting to > "news.frugalusenet.com:563" (Connection timed out) > > any ideas? > > tia > > charles zeitler > -- > The Perfect Is The Enemy Of > The Good Enough -- The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good Enough