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Reg

wrote:

> I've never experienced this before, but when I try to access the Cox
> news server, news.west.cox.net, I get the following message:
>
> 502 Maximum number of connections reached. (Tornado v1.0.7.392)
>
> The imbecile at Cox support at first did not even know what I was
> referring to when I mentioned "news server".
>
> After some behind the scenes debate, he came back on line and told me,
> "I guess there are too many users trying to access it right now".
>
> Funny thing about this was that I already had a connection established
> and was reading rfc when it stopped responding and the message
> appeared.
>
> Oh well!
>
> See ya later, I guess...

Wayne, which newsreader are you using? I've seen this
happen with buggy old NS versions, fer instance. A confused
newsreader can cause this by not closing connections properly.

Also, try rebooting your router.

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Reg