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Can't post to ausnews.austin.ibm.com
The problem is that when you try to connect to the news server ausnews.austin.ibm.com, it returns with:
An NNTP error occurred. You have no permission to talk. Goodbye
The reason you are seeing this is that ausnews attempts to authenticate your IP address by doing a reverse lookup of your PC. For example, your configuration is reported as:
NNTP-Posting-Host: 9.145.228.17
A valid one, as far as ausnews is concerned is (this is mine):
NNTP-Posting-Host: dwatts-8310.itso.ral.ibm.com
Notice that the host is resolved. Without this, ausnews won't let you in.
To fix this:
- In your TCP/IP Properties > Advanced > DNS tab, make sure the two checkboxes are checked: Register this connection's addresses in DNS and Use this connection's DNS suffic in DNS registrations
- Make sure your domain (for me, itso.ral.ibm.com) is in either of the DNS suffix fields in that panel
- Do a ipconfig /flushdns command
- Check with your network administrator that reverse lookup is properly enabled for your IP address.
[29-Oct-03]
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