Got it downloaded, but won't start server

[jcvmw]

I keep getting a bunch of errors. I know its me.Bad xml_19,and1 along with columns 10 and 0 respectively. WSA resv socket error code 0:866 and
ERROR news.astraweb.com - Unable to read Greetings from Server: Socket - Read From Server Failed
I use astraweb as my server. I have windows 7 home premium, plenty of room, speed and space. This was an upgrade earlier version worked fine.
Thanks.

[Quade]

Are you using SSL? What virus scanner and firewall do you use?

[jcvmw]

no ssl windows firewall but i allowed the rule avast is the virus, I will turn it off and see if it makes and difference.

[jcvmw]

made not diff. I turned all my security stuff off.

[Quade]

This is a common problem with Avast. Not sure you can tell it to leave Newsbin alone.

I typically install Microsoft's Security Essentials on my family's PC's.

[dexter]

You can try port 80 and see if that bypasses Avast. You typically have to reboot your machine when you disable Avast, otherwise it is still interfering.

[jcvmw]

well I finally got it going. I went back to the old Newsbin to make sure nothing else was bothering the operation of the program. I had to change to port 23 on Astraweb. Once I did that it started communicating and all works just fine, I also did get rid of avast and keep the other security stuff I have that keeps my computer safe just fine.

[richy99]

possibly something with your isp then as it sees port 23 as telnet traffic rather than nntp on port 119 or ssl 443/563

[jcvmw]

Right on Richy99, I re-installed avast, which I like, and no problemo.