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Hi All,

I'm getting a message which reads "Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]".

I've not been able to find any topics in this forum with this error, so I'm wondering if anyone knows what might be causing this?

In Config -> Server, Details, what happens when you click on Test Server?

I'm not alone! Just started happening to me too, as of the 19th. When you test the connection, it's fine. Still seems to be downloading fine because it's not switching to my block account. Weird.

Same kind of thing for me.

Is it persistent, in that it blocks downloading?

Not for me. This is my warning log from the last few days.

2013-01-21 16:29:29,934 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-21 03:49:41,147 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-21 03:47:18,135 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-20 19:56:49,908 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-20 19:52:41,455 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-20 19:21:55,086 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-20 19:21:47,691 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-20 16:01:33,430 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-20 15:30:58,877 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 23:48:15,202 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 23:45:53,327 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 19:57:19,376 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 19:45:14,310 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 15:17:37,828 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 15:13:30,476 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 15:04:46,344 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 04:47:50,308 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 04:44:49,878 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 04:39:11,052 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]
2013-01-19 04:32:10,025 ERROR: Cannot connect to server news.usenetserver.com:119 [400 DENIED*]

Like I said, nothing has been used from my block account, so stuff is still coming down fine through usenetserver. Just seems to occasionally have an issue with a connection.

Same with mine.

Looks like a server side issue.
What should SABnzbd do, keep quiet?

I don't think anyone here was suggesting it was SABnzbd's fault there, tiger.

Well, possibly SABnzbd is a bit too eager to report transient errors.
"Wrong credentials" need not be retried, but "Denied access" might be, because it often is transient.
I'll look into the matter.