🚀 go-pugleaf

John Meshkoff wrote:

> Tom Digby <bubbles@shell18.ba.best.com> wrote:
>> Will I be able to just log into my new migrated shell and invoke tin 
>> and read (and post) news?  Do I need to jump through any hoops?  Is 
>> there a News FAQ?

> I'm using tin, and have to use my veritin script, to access verionews
> externally.  It appears there's no local newsserver; pity, the only 
> thing resembling a local ng is ncal.verio.general (and a .test and 
> something else, I forget what) and there's no activity there to speak 
> of.  We were migrated on October 18.

I haven't been able to get news access on the migrated account.  In 
speaking with Verio tech support today, they're apparently insisting 
that news access will only be available via Verio's dialup connections, 
which means my DSL and cable connections through other providers will 
only be able to use non-news shell and email services at Verio.  I 
dropped my Earthlink account a few months back when they adopted this 
misguided policy.  The number of places which I'll have to notify that 
my best.com email address is going away will mean it will take a bit 
longer to detach myself from Verio, but it looks like the writing is 
on the wall.

Just in case the Verio tech support rep didn't know what he was talking
about (that would be a first, wouldn't it?), has anyone else been able
to use their migrated shell account to access ca.news.verio.net with an
internet connection that doesn't originate at Verio?

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David McDuffee
mcduffee@best.com