On Thursday, 10 October 2013 at 21:15:39 UTC, Sean Kelly wrote:
On Thursday, 10 October 2013 at 20:50:10 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
I'm curious why NNTP would be blocked. I've been able to
access it from any wifi hotspots I've tried it from.
My only guess is that usenet may be perceived as a illegal file
sharing resource. But it's been a while since I've tried, so
I'll give it another shot.
No luck. I can get to the SSL port (563) on usenet hosts that
offer it, but not port 119 from anywhere I care to check news
from.