Maybe - go to a command prompt and type the following:

telnet msnews.microsoft.com 119

If you are able to establish a connection, then 119 is open. If not, I
would guess your admins don't allow you to use port 119.

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Regards,

Jake Marx
www.longhead.com

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Shetty wrote:
Hello,
Tracert results are not available. It gives request timed out.
It is possible. Being the company servers they may be blocking port
119. How to find it out. Is there any way to check it from user end?
or we can use any other port instead of 119?

Shetty

"jaf" wrote in message
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Is it possible your employer is blocking port 119?


John

johnf202 at hotmail dot com


"jaf" wrote in message
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Hi,
MS has been having problems with the news servers for the last few
weeks because of the swen virus.

Try pinging or tracert the server. It could be an internet problem.
From a command window...

tracert msnews.microsoft.com


John

johnf202 at hotmail dot com