php nntp connection timeout

I dont have any luck, also little or no knowledge in php, in making connection with nntp server. I allways get connection time out. Tried dozen of scripts, allways getting empty pages with no error. Now I see that scripts even cant connecto to server. I tried on several sites, all on different hosts.

here example of smallest part of code i found, and nothing.
allways get error_log filled with connection time out: like this: [12-Apr-2006 13:35:59] PHP Warning: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {freenews.netfront.net:119/nntp/novalidate-cert}alt.test in /home/

<?php
$user = "";
$pass = "";

// note the use of the port number and /nntp
// instead of a mailbox, use a usetnet group name
$imap = imap_open("{freenews.netfront.net:119/nntp/novalidate-cert}alt.test", $user, $pass);
if (!$imap) {
   print_r(imap_errors());
}
?>

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does anyone have idea how to solve this? do I need some extra code like /novalidate-cert [i tried that one, still nothing]?

 

http://www.phpclasses.org/nntp
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/157.html

Not sure if you came across those in your searches.

But this should work.

$imap = imap_open("{freenews.netfront.net:119/nntp}alt.test", $newsuser, $newspass);

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Or this one should set $imap to the connection ID.

$imap = imap_open("{freenews.netfront.net:119/nntp}", $newsuser, $newspass, OP_HALFOPEN);

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