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   Dan Purgert to All   
   Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might    
   11 Feb 25 12:25:54   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-02-11, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 11/02/2025 9:31 pm, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >> On 2025-02-11, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> But .....   
   >>> "Sending of the message failed.   
   >>> The message could not be posted because connecting to the news server   
   >>> failed. The server may be unavailable or is refusing connections. Please   
   >>> verify that your news server settings are correct and try again."   
   >>   
   >> That might be your mobile phone carrier only allowing certain (common)   
   >> ports through the hotspot, such as 80/443 for web browsing and   
   >> 495/587/25 for email.  Maybe a few other things too.   
   >>   
   > Making note of these Port numbers .... you know ... Just in case.   
   >   
   > But, seems as I was able to browse and post to UseNet, I'm hoping it   
   > will not be necessary.   
      
   Ignore the comment - it's an issue of responding to a post without   
   having seen the followup of "I forgot to turn on mobile data".   
      
      
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