Error: Socket Connect Failed, Host: news.giganews.com Error

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Error: Socket Connect Failed, Host: news.giganews.com Error

Postby everettjte » Thu Sep 12, 2013 2:07 am

whats up with this:
ERROR - Error: Socket Connect Failed, Host: news.giganews.com Error Code: 0 The operation completed successfully.
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Re: Error: Socket Connect Failed, Host: news.giganews.com Er

Postby Quade » Thu Sep 12, 2013 2:10 am

Working here. What changed between it working and then not working?
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Re: Error: Socket Connect Failed, Host: news.giganews.com Er

Postby Bojeebees » Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:34 pm

I'm having the same issue. Nothing has changed. I've uninstalled an re-installed. Still the same error.
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Re: Error: Socket Connect Failed, Host: news.giganews.com Er

Postby Quade » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:13 pm

Typically it means a firewall is blocking Newsbin off the net. Assuming Giganews is up when it's happening.
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Re: Error: Socket Connect Failed, Host: news.giganews.com Er

Postby Bojeebees » Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:28 pm

I shut off my Firewall and am still receiving the same error. Any other ideas? Thanks
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Re: Error: Socket Connect Failed, Host: news.giganews.com Er

Postby Quade » Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:22 pm

Who is your ISP? I might install XNews (which is free) and see if Xnews can talk to them.
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Re: Error: Socket Connect Failed, Host: news.giganews.com Er

Postby Bojeebees » Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:34 pm

I found the problem. It was with my VPN connection. The server I was connected to must have been having issues. Thanks for your help.
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