Are there alternate ports for accessing the NNTP servers?
In addition to the standard NNTP port of 119, the news.newsreader.com NNTP server can also be accessed on port 23 (TELNET), port 53 (DNS), and port 443 (HTTPS). Some people find these non-standard ports to be useful when trying to deal with firewall limitations. SSL access is supported on port 563.