newsbin.com

I`ve just rebuilt my PC and have reinstalled newsbin
the server info is correct but i now get the following message.
ERROR SocketAddress - Error: Unable to Convert Server Name to Internet Address:eu.news.astrasweb.com11001

any help would be greatful..

ssl-eu.astraweb.com

Is the address I use. I do have SSL enabled.

It's either:

1 - The wrong address.

2 - Firewall blocking Newsbin off the internet.

3 - Problem at Astra.

ijc-astra wrote: ERROR SocketAddress - Error: Unable to Convert Server Name to Internet Address:eu.news.astrasweb.com 11001

Astraweb will throw a 11001 error if you try to connect to their non-SSL server with SSL enabled.

ijc-astra wrote:I`ve just rebuilt my PC and have reinstalled newsbin
the server info is correct but i now get the following message.
ERROR SocketAddress - Error: Unable to Convert Server Name to Internet Address:eu.news.astrasweb.com11001

It's astraweb, not astrasweb... Check your spelling or preferably cut-n-paste from their members area and unless you have good reason not to, I do recommend using SSL (and the special SSL names). Normally the "general" form should select the correct server but there's also explicit US/Europe names you can use, here's the current list:

General Server: news.astraweb.com Ports: 119, 23, 1818 or 8080
European Server: eu.news.astraweb.com Ports: 119, 23, 1818 or 8080
US Server: us.news.astraweb.com Ports: 119, 23, 1818 or 8080

Secure Server (SSL):
ssl.astraweb.com Ports 443 or 563
ssl-eu.astraweb.com Ports 443 or 563 (European)
ssl-us.astraweb.com Ports 443 or 563 (US)

Nice catch. I missed it.