Help! Really stuck and confused

[northernspice]

Hi I have registered on usenet and paid up for an account.

I have downloaded both grabit and x news, and whenever i try to search i get a 502 authentification failed message.

This is really doing my head in now.

I think the problem may be that I am on AOL????

Any help would be fantasttic

[Maquiavel]

Did you see the "sticks" ? They have a lot of information.Take a look and tell us more about your problem.

[northernspice]

Did you see the "sticks" ? They have a lot of information.Take a look and tell us more about your problem.

Am i correct in thinking that seeing as I am on AOL i have to use a different news server such as

https://secure.giganews.com/signup/

????

[Damnatory]

That is most definately a password/username issue. Normally a pass issue.

You sometimes get these errors when the usenet provider is having issues with their servers too.

Newshosting has posted the following note:

10/19/2006: There has been a fiber cut that is affecting internet traffic. Some customers may see slow download speeds.