I believe this host existed in the past, but went away when nntpcache became popular enough that running a free, public server for the nntpcache.* hierarchy was no longer an option for its admin. No, you don't need it. Thanks, -Brian On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 David.Smith@esa.int wrote: > "... could not convert 'news.nntpcache.org' to an address" > "... could not connect to 'news.nntpcache.org' as default" > "... news.nntpcache.org dropped connection" > > Does this machine actually exist? If so do I actually need to have it in > my nntpcache.servers?