djstile
02-21-2007, 05:36 AM
Hey guys...great site, helped me discover newsgroups over two years ago. I apologize in advance if this was already covered somewhere, but I did try to search and didn't find this exact issue. With that said...
I go to a college in the USA that I have been using newsgroups for two years on with speeds up to and exceeding 5 mb/s. Recently, I suppose they have decided to crackdown on people doing non "approved / work related activities" and have severely limited every port - except 80. Firefox and Internet Explorer work perfectly and very quickly, so I know these are just as they were. I am using Grab It and Newshosting for newsgroups and am wondering if there is any way I can make Grab It make the network believe it is on port 80 and a web page and not a newsreader? I'd be willing to use other programs or whatever, but I do not have another computer available to connect to. If you guys get this question and can help, I'd really appreciate it!!
Thanks!
I go to a college in the USA that I have been using newsgroups for two years on with speeds up to and exceeding 5 mb/s. Recently, I suppose they have decided to crackdown on people doing non "approved / work related activities" and have severely limited every port - except 80. Firefox and Internet Explorer work perfectly and very quickly, so I know these are just as they were. I am using Grab It and Newshosting for newsgroups and am wondering if there is any way I can make Grab It make the network believe it is on port 80 and a web page and not a newsreader? I'd be willing to use other programs or whatever, but I do not have another computer available to connect to. If you guys get this question and can help, I'd really appreciate it!!
Thanks!