newsfeeder.triton.net isn't in nntpcache.servers, because it's only used for ihaves. Adding it in doesn't make any difference in any case. # telnet newsfeeder.triton.net 119 Trying 206.250.193.243... Connected to newsfeeder.triton.net. Escape character is '^]'. 200 newsfeeder.triton.net News server DIABLO 1.14 ready ihave <foo@bar.org> 335 <foo@bar.org> . 437 Rejected quit 205 See ya later. Connection closed by foreign host. ========= 200 news.manawatu.gen.nz NNTPcache server V2.3.2 [see www.nntpcache.org] (c) 1996-1998 Julian Assange <proff@iq.org> Feb 2 1998 ready (posting ok). ihave <foo@bar.org> 503 Try again later - remote server down ==> news.err <== Feb 10 20:30:11 news nntpcache-client[7245]: ihave.c:38: bad IHAVE server 'newsfeeder.triton.net:119', check 'ihaveServers' configuration variable ihaveServers newsfeeder.triton.net:119 ========== 200 news.manawatu.gen.nz NNTPcache server V2.3.2 [see www.nntpcache.org] (c) 1996-1998 Julian Assange <proff@iq.org> Feb 2 1998 ready (posting ok). ihave <foo@bar.org> 503 Try again later - remote server down ==> news.err <== Feb 10 20:34:03 news nntpcache-client[7277]: ihave.c:38: bad IHAVE server 'newsfeeder.triton.net.:119', check 'ihaveServers' configuration variable ihaveServers newsfeeder.triton.net.:119 ==========