Unable To Connect

[anpease]

I have been using alt.binz for a couple of years now with no problems,connecting to NewsDemon.
However,since yesterday it will not connect. I have checked my server settings and they are correct. But it keeps saying;
"Could not connect. Retry in 10 seconds"
I would be grateful for any help,please.
Many thanks.

[Rdl]

Port ok? Firewall?
http://www.newsdemon.com/what-are-newsdemon-ports.php

cmd>> telnet news.newsdemon.com 119
Does it connect?

[anpease]

Not sure what happened,but somehow all the settings had been deleted. When I put them back in I put the server as "news.newsdemon.com" with no joy. Then,having read a bit more I changed it to "europe.newsdemon.com" and it is now working fine.
Not sure how it lost all the settings in the first place though,but all is okay now thanks.