Mozilla Newsreader problem

[Joe]

[bigbird at localhost tmp]$ telnet news.buffnet.net 119
Trying 205.247.125.162...
Connected to news3.buffnet.net (205.247.125.162).
Escape character is '^]'.
200 news3.buffnet.net DNEWS Version 5.2a4, S1, posting OK

That worked fine.  So what's with Mozilla?

Joe

vlok stone wrote:

>see if you can connect by 
>telnet news.buffnet.net 119
>i was able to no problem. 
>
>--- Joe <josephj at main.nc.us> wrote:
>  
>
>>I have Mozilla 1.6 (and past versions 1.3, 1.4, 1.5)
>>on Linux and 1.3 on 
>>Windoze (too lazy to do the other long download). 
>>My ISP is Buffnet 
>>(and I'm trying to get help from them.)
>>When I access my news account in 1.3 on Windoze, it
>>works.
>>When I try anything with news on 1.6 (or 1.3) on
>>Linux, I get:
>>
>>Could not connect to server news.buffnet.net, the
>>connection was refused.
>>
>>My email and browsing in Mozilla 1.6 on Linux work
>>fine.
>>As far as I know the news settings are the same for
>>Windows and Linux.  
>>I even have the IP address of news.buffnet.net in
>>the setup and get the 
>>same error message.
>>
>>Any idea what I should look for?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>-- 
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>>then progress in virtue is progress in each of
>>these; for to whatever point the perfection of
>>anything brings us, progress is always an approach
>>toward it. -Epictetus
>>
>>    
>>
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