Very Computer

'         telnet www.egroups.com 80
' and then type
'         GET / HTTP/1.0

First of all, how many times do you hit the CR key after this line?
You need to hit it twice.  Once to end the line, and once to create a
blank line after your 'request headers'.

We can go from there after you get something back.  Or not.

You might also try the HEAD command instead of GET so you don't get so
much stuff on your screen.

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David Steuber   |   Hi!  My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member      |   a hoploholic.

All bits are significant.  Some bits are more significant than others.
        -- Charles Babbage Orwell

"A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of
a free State," sayeth Article II of the Bill of Rights, "the right
of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
Perfect! I wouldn't change a word of it. I only wish the NRA
and its jellyfishy, well-paid supporters in legislatures both State
and Federal would be careful to recite the whole of it, and then
tell us how a heavily armed man, woman, or child, recruited
by no official, led by no official, given no goals by any official,
motivated or restrained only by his or her personality and per-
ceptions of what is going on, can be considered a member of a
well-regulated militia.
          - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., "Fates Worse than Death"

' It doesn't matter how many CRs I type from home, I get no response.
' -chris

Trying 208.48.218.9...
Connected to www.egroups.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
HEAD / HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 03:02:23 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.3 (Unix)
Cache-control: no-cache="Set-Cookie", private
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

Connection closed by foreign host.

Looks like you have a misconfigured network.

' "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of
' a free State," sayeth Article II of the Bill of Rights, "the right
' of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
' Perfect! I wouldn't change a word of it. I only wish the NRA
' and its jellyfishy, well-paid supporters in legislatures both State
' and Federal would be careful to recite the whole of it, and then
' tell us how a heavily armed man, woman, or child, recruited
' by no official, led by no official, given no goals by any official,
' motivated or restrained only by his or her personality and per-
' ceptions of what is going on, can be considered a member of a
' well-regulated militia.
'           - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., "Fates Worse than Death"

"An armed society is a polite society"
        - Robert Heinlein

You may sort out your troubles from now on.

--
David Steuber   |   Hi!  My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member      |   a hoploholic.

All bits are significant.  Some bits are more significant than others.
        -- Charles Babbage Orwell