You *must* use a valid email address with cis.dfn.
Here are two ways of creating valid email addresses, that
you can have filtered before it reaches your box. So, if
you create an address for use in newsgroups, make sure
that you *only* use it in newsgroups, and filter it appropriately.
SpamGourmet
http://www.spamgourmet.com/
SpamMotel
http://www.spammotel.com/
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:59:30 -0000, in
<bpb2af$1mk9v8$>
horizon scrawled:
>Hi,
>
>I use news.cis.dfn.de. I want to send using a fake email address, however
>when i try to post i get this error msg
>
>Outlook Express could not post your message. Subject 'test', Account:
>'news.cis.dfn.de', Server: 'news.cis.dfn.de', Protocol: NNTP, Server
>Response: '441 From: address contains invalid domain part
>()', Port: 119, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 441,
>Error Number: 0x800CCCA9
>
>does this mean they dont allow this?
>
>how can i get around this?
>
>thanks for any help
>
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