WebSphere wins WebSphere awards WebSphere publications WebSphere Developer Domain Support Tips for accessing NNTP news groups You can access the NNTP news groups using a newsreader such as Netscape Messenger. In that case, you need to upgrade your browser.
Some organizations have a policy of blocking NNTP access at the firewall.
If your IT department blocks NNTP access, you will not be able to access newsgroups with a newsreader. Instead, you can access some of the IBM WebSphere forums on Deja News, Inc . If your organization permits NNTP access, but you are still having problems accessing newsgroups, you might need to adjust your computer's communication configuration by installing a socks client . Socks clients are available for download from Hummingbird Communications Ltd. and others. As part of the installation of a socks client, you must specify configuration information, such as the location of your organization's socks server.