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Since I signed up to Plusnet, when I do a "Synch All" in M$OE, it checks the
e mails
(I still have 3 a'cs with onetel which it checks fine, and then the 'new'
plusnet one which it also does fine)
.... then it goes to news.individual.net to check the newsgroup messages and
often it says "a connection to the internet cannot be found" (or summat like
that) 'work off line' or 'try again'.

I click 'try again' and it works fine!

Apart form the 'get rid of M$', is there any suggestions as to whassup?


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J B

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
J B <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Since I signed up to Plusnet, when I do a "Synch All" in M$OE, it
> checks the e mails
> (I still have 3 a'cs with onetel which it checks fine, and then the
> 'new' plusnet one which it also does fine)
> ... then it goes to news.individual.net to check the newsgroup
> messages and often it says "a connection to the internet cannot be
> found" (or summat like that) 'work off line' or 'try again'.
>
> I click 'try again' and it works fine!
>
> Apart form the 'get rid of M$', is there any suggestions as to
> whassup?

Have a look at Tools/Accounts, select news.individual.net and click on
Properties.

Under Connections, make sure that nothing is set - thus allowing it to use
the default connection set in IE.
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"J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:(E-Mail Removed):

> Since I signed up to Plusnet, when I do a "Synch All" in M$OE, it
> checks the e mails
> (I still have 3 a'cs with onetel which it checks fine, and then the
> 'new' plusnet one which it also does fine)
> ... then it goes to news.individual.net to check the newsgroup messages
> and often it says "a connection to the internet cannot be found" (or
> summat like that) 'work off line' or 'try again'.
>
> I click 'try again' and it works fine!
>
> Apart form the 'get rid of M$', is there any suggestions as to whassup?

Same happened to me a week ago (XP/IE6SP1). I can't remember the details but
what I did was:

1. Google on the exact text of the message box plus "Internet Explorer" -
gave a handful of responses.

2. what was suggested by the most sensible responses (it wasn't terribly
complicated).

Result: problem solved.

Good luck

Chris Cheney wrote:
> "J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>
>>Since I signed up to Plusnet, when I do a "Synch All" in M$OE, it
>>checks the e mails
>>(I still have 3 a'cs with onetel which it checks fine, and then the
>>'new' plusnet one which it also does fine)
>>... then it goes to news.individual.net to check the newsgroup messages
>>and often it says "a connection to the internet cannot be found" (or
>>summat like that) 'work off line' or 'try again'.
>>
>>I click 'try again' and it works fine!
>>
>>Apart form the 'get rid of M$', is there any suggestions as to whassup?
>
>
> Same happened to me a week ago (XP/IE6SP1). I can't remember the details but
> what I did was:
>
> 1. Google on the exact text of the message box plus "Internet Explorer" -
> gave a handful of responses.
>
> 2. what was suggested by the most sensible responses (it wasn't terribly
> complicated).
>
> Result: problem solved.
>
> Good luck

Hi, it might be an idea to just rebuild your news profile in OE and
renew your subscriptions. I wouldn't have thought this problem would be
the result of an upgrade to us. You could also try using the IP address
instead of host name for your news server in your news account
properties. If this resolves the issue then you could be looking at an
intermittent DNS lookup failure.

Kind Regards,

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|Support Home & Business @
|PlusNet plc. www.plus.net
+------ PlusNet - The smarter way to Internet! -----

"PlusNet Support Team" <(E-Mail Removed)_> wrote in message
news:42b2e1a5$0$2422$(E-Mail Removed)...

> Hi, it might be an idea to just rebuild your news profile in OE and
> renew your subscriptions.

Que?

> I wouldn't have thought this problem would be
> the result of an upgrade to us.

Good!

> You could also try using the IP address
> instead of host name for your news server in your news account
> properties.

Which for news.individual.net is ....?

> If this resolves the issue then you could be looking at an
> intermittent DNS lookup failure.

Que? (again)


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J B

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 17:23:49 +0100,it is alleged that "J B"
<(E-Mail Removed)> spake thusly in uk.telecom.broadband:

>"PlusNet Support Team" <(E-Mail Removed)_> wrote in message
>news:42b2e1a5$0$2422$(E-Mail Removed)...

>Which for news.individual.net is ....?

Name: news.individual.net
Address: 130.133.1.4

HTH

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On 18 Jun 2005 17:23 "J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Which for news.individual.net is ....?

C:\>nslookup

> news.individual.net

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: news.individual.net
Address: 130.133.1.4

You'll find Google /any search engine/ and Wikipedia might help
for other things if you are willing to 'help yourself' to info.

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J B wrote:
> "PlusNet Support Team" <(E-Mail Removed)_> wrote in message
> news:42b2e1a5$0$2422$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>>Hi, it might be an idea to just rebuild your news profile in OE and
>>renew your subscriptions.
>
>
> Que?

Basically, delete all your news settings in Outlook Express and set
everything up again.

>>You could also try using the IP address
>>instead of host name for your news server in your news account
>>properties.
>
>
> Which for news.individual.net is ....?

Already answered in this thread.

>>If this resolves the issue then you could be looking at an
>>intermittent DNS lookup failure.
>
>
> Que? (again)

DNS is responsible for resolving a domain name (eg. news.individual.net)
to it's internet IP address (130.133.1.4). Without this functionality
you would only be able to browse to websites by their IP to use an
example (which would be very cumbersome). If there is an issue with your
DNS settings, then it may result in the problems you are having.


Kind Regards,

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|Bob Pullen Broadband Solutions for
|Support Home & Business @
|PlusNet plc. www.plus.net
+------ PlusNet - The smarter way to Internet! -----

"Peter M" <us-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:iim8b199im30qemc5l8ebf10m2djvbsict@212.159.2. 85...

> if you are willing to 'help yourself' to info.

I did google first, one told me to 'repair' my connection, which made no
difference, and the other's mentioned stuff I didn't understand.

Thanks for your advice on t'other stuff.


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J B

"PlusNet Support Team" <(E-Mail Removed)_> wrote in message
news:42b476a0$0$2407$(E-Mail Removed)...

> Basically, delete all your news settings in Outlook Express and set
> everything up again.

Hmm, done that before, but not for a couple of years. Would prolly do it
good to do it again, but not today!!


>>>You could also try using the IP address
>>>instead of host name for your news server

Done now.

> If there is an issue with your DNS settings, then it may result in the
> problems you are having.

I'm using "auto discovered DNS" according to my router.
Is that right?


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J B