[NTLUG:Discuss] Transition to new server

[Rick Cook]

On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, Steve Baker wrote:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
> 
> > The NNTP server is www.ntlug.org; try:
> > % telnet www.ntlug.org 119
> 
> Ahhh!  That's why I couldn't find it last night!
> 
> It's more conventional to name a news server "news.whatever.whatever" - the 'www' bit
> means "World Wide Web" and implies that this is an http server rather than a news server.
> 
> Still, once you *know* that - it seems to be working just fine.
>  
> > The way I'm finding preferable to access it is thus:
> > 
> > % lynx news://www.ntlug.org
> > 
> > Lynx is hardly the ultimate news client, but it works, and requires
> > little configuration...
> 
> Sure - and Netscape finds it OK too...although it *does* look a bit strange
> to see a 'www.xxx.xxx' in that list of a half dozen 'news.xxx.xxx' addresses.
> 

If www.xxx.xxx seems strange, just leave off the www. 

ntlug.org is a valid name for the same server...

Rick
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