here is what happened.

root@xstation:~# telnet
telnet> open XXXXXXXXXXX 119
Trying XXXXXXXXXXX...
Connected to XXXXXXXXXXX.
Escape character is '^]'.
502 You have no permission to talk. Goodbye.
Connection closed by foreign host.

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log report

jul 1 12:48:54 xstation nnrpd[5852]: ? reverse lookup for 192.168.1.1 failed: Unknown host -- using IP address for access
Jul 1 12:48:54 xstation nnrpd[5852]: 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) connect
Jul 1 12:48:54 xstation nnrpd[5852]: Reading access from /etc/news/readers.conf
Jul 1 12:48:54 xstation nnrpd[5852]: Auth strategy 'localhost' does not match client. Removing.
Jul 1 12:48:54 xstation nnrpd[5852]: No auth realms to check!
Jul 1 12:48:54 xstation nnrpd[5852]: 192.168.1.1 removing irrelevant access group localhost
Jul 1 12:48:54 xstation nnrpd[5852]: 192.168.1.1 no_permission
Jul 1 12:48:54 xstation nnrpd[5852]: 192.168.1.1 times user 0.006 system 0.003 idle 0.000 elapsed 0.106
Jul 1 12:48:54 xstation nnrpd[5852]: 192.168.1.1 time 106 nntpwrite 1(1)