Hi, I'm trying on my Cygwin compiled XEmacs 21.5.24 (MULE enabled) to M-x gnus Before that I've taken my "known to work" .authinfo .gnus .signature files from my Debian box and put them in my Cygwin's ~ directory. I have also checked my Usenet connection: $ nc news.individual.net 119 200 The server welcomes d-academic.ibun.edu.tr (194.27.149.174). Authorization r equired for reading and posting. So, basically everything seems to be in place. XEmacs can connect to Internet, e.g. w3 works fine. However when I M-x gnus it waits a little bit and then says: Unable to open nntp:news, go offline (y or n) Am I doing something wrong? I'd really appreciate some help. Here's my .authinfo: machine news.individual.net login sevinc password XXXXX and .gnus: (setq gnus-posting-styles '((".*" (name "Emre Sevinc") (address "emres(a)bilgi.edu.tr") (organization "Istanbul Bilgi University") (signature-file "~/.signature")))) ;(setq message-default-headers ; (with-temp-buffer ; (insert "Face: ") ; (insert (gnus-face-from-file "~/pics/emre-face.jpg")) ; (buffer-string))) -- Emre Sevinc