Subject: Pine Query

From: Howard Donn <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 20:56:50 -0500 (EST)

Greetings

I have a question regarding Pine

Since last night, I have been unable to access any newsgroups while using
the Pine system.  Whenever I use the view command it states "421 SMTP
connection went away!".  What does this mean, and how can it be fixed?

Thank You

Howard Donn

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 09:17:11 -0500

> connection went away!".  What does this mean, and how can it be fixed?

    It means just what it says.  The SMTP connection went away.  That
has nothing to do with Pine, but without the connection Pine cannot
read newsgroups if it is hooked in via an SMTP connection.  About all
you can do is wait until somebody fixes it.  If they don't already know
about it, try notifying your help desk, operations center, or system
administrator.  Most likely, it is not something you can fix by
yourself.

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