# GRC News Group Connection Issues

**URL:** <https://www.twit.community/t/grc-news-group-connection-issues/5836>\
**Category:** Security Now\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/grc-news-group-connection-issues/5836 "2020-02-20T21:12:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![philbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@philbar](https://www.twit.community/u/philbar)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/grc-news-group-connection-issues/5836/1 "2020-02-20T21:12:44Z")

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Hope this is OK for this group…I am unable to connect to [news.grc.com](http://news.grc.com) to be able to read and post on topics…I have used Quiet on Windows, Akregator on Pop OS, Firefox browsers. Just doesn’t seem to connect to [news.grc.com](http://news.grc.com). Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Dr.Flay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/dr.flay/32/2643_2.png) [@Dr.Flay](https://www.twit.community/u/Dr.Flay)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/grc-news-group-connection-issues/5836/2 "2020-02-20T23:59:54Z")

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Newsgroups are email based so you will find many email clients support it.  
For dedicated tools you can find plenty of suggestions here [https://alternativeto.net/tag/newsgroups/](https://alternativeto.net/tag/newsgroups/)

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**Author:** ![PHolder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/pholder/32/2439_2.png) [@PHolder](https://www.twit.community/u/PHolder)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/grc-news-group-connection-issues/5836/3 "2020-02-21T00:39:56Z")

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It’s more likely that you haven’t followed the instructions specifically. Steve has specific rules for his custom news server, so you need to make sure you follow those or you will get rejected.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Flay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/dr.flay/32/2643_2.png) [@Dr.Flay](https://www.twit.community/u/Dr.Flay)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/grc-news-group-connection-issues/5836/4 "2020-02-21T00:51:36Z")

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Yeah good point. The user and password system is different than you expect.