Need HELP with REJECTED newsgroup POSTS - Error Message 441

Bob F. · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 29

"Charlie" wrote in message $Mu4.20016@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>I am posting for my wife who is unable to post anything to any newsgroup
>from her Windows Vista Home Premium PC. She is using Windows Mail. Below is
>the
> error message she continues to receive.
>
> Windows Mail could not post your message. Subject 'testing', Account:
> 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Server: 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Protocol:
> NNTP, Server Response: '441 Posting Failed (Rejected by POST filter)',
> Port:
> 119, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 441, Error Number: 0x800CCCA9
>
> When she contacts Bellsouth support rarely does anyone there even know
> what a newsgroup is.
>
> Any and all help is much appreciated. She will be monitoring this
> newsgroup for your words of enlightenment!!!
>
>
> Thank you,
> Charlie

Did she follow this:
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/bellsouth/2.7_BellSouth_Newsgroups_Service#7871
She might have missed checking: "My news server requires me to log on"

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BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

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mac · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 148

"Charlie" wrote in message $Mu4.20016@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>I am posting for my wife who is unable to post anything to any newsgroup
>from her Windows Vista Home Premium PC. She is using Windows Mail. Below is
>the
> error message she continues to receive.
>
> Windows Mail could not post your message. Subject 'testing', Account:
> 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Server: 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Protocol:
> NNTP, Server Response: '441 Posting Failed (Rejected by POST filter)',
> Port:
> 119, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 441, Error Number: 0x800CCCA9
>
> When she contacts Bellsouth support rarely does anyone there even know
> what a newsgroup is.
>
> Any and all help is much appreciated. She will be monitoring this
> newsgroup for your words of enlightenment!!!
>
>
> Thank you,
> Charlie

Ensure the settings are as displayed here:
http://my.att.net/newsgroup/s/s.dll?spage=cg/news/newsgroup007.htm&only=y&ck=
This describes setting up OE, but WM is the same.
Pay attention to No6 slide.

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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP : Mail.
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Gary VanderMolen · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1319

Try this:
Tools, Options, Send, in the News Sending Format section be sure
that Plain Text is selected. Click on Plain Text Settings, select
Uuencode, OK. Try posting.
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)

"Charlie" wrote in message $Mu4.20016@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>I am posting for my wife who is unable to post anything to any newsgroup from her Windows Vista Home Premium PC. She is using
>Windows Mail. Below is the
> error message she continues to receive.
>
> Windows Mail could not post your message. Subject 'testing', Account:
> 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Server: 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Protocol:
> NNTP, Server Response: '441 Posting Failed (Rejected by POST filter)', Port:
> 119, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 441, Error Number: 0x800CCCA9
>
> When she contacts Bellsouth support rarely does anyone there even know what a newsgroup is.
>
> Any and all help is much appreciated. She will be monitoring this newsgroup for your words of enlightenment!!!
>
>
> Thank you,
> Charlie

Brenda Johnston · Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

Thanks so much for your help and for other suggestions. This one worked for
me.

Brenda
"Gary VanderMolen" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Try this:
> Tools, Options, Send, in the News Sending Format section be sure
> that Plain Text is selected. Click on Plain Text Settings, select
> Uuencode, OK. Try posting.
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>
>
> "Charlie" wrote in message
> $Mu4.20016@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>>I am posting for my wife who is unable to post anything to any newsgroup
>>from her Windows Vista Home Premium PC. She is using Windows Mail. Below
>>is the
>> error message she continues to receive.
>>
>> Windows Mail could not post your message. Subject 'testing', Account:
>> 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Server: 'newsgroups.bellsouth.net', Protocol:
>> NNTP, Server Response: '441 Posting Failed (Rejected by POST filter)',
>> Port:
>> 119, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 441, Error Number: 0x800CCCA9
>>
>> When she contacts Bellsouth support rarely does anyone there even know
>> what a newsgroup is.
>>
>> Any and all help is much appreciated. She will be monitoring this
>> newsgroup for your words of enlightenment!!!
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Charlie
>
>

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