Re: Accessing Secnews
- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:08:48 -0700
- From: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: Accessing Secnews
squaredancer wrote:
> On 06.07.2008 07:28, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Blinky the
> Shark to generate the following:? :
>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jay Garcia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 05.07.2008 02:58, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> --- Original Message ---
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jay Garcia wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 04.07.2008 00:18, clay wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --- Original Message ---
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> clay wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Jay Garcia wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> My umpteen year old work profile worked without tweaking. No joy
>>>>>>>>>>>> from the newer install home box.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Interesting, made a test post in testing. Wouldn't let me post with
>>>>>>>>>>>> only a Subject. Had to put something in the body for the post to be
>>>>>>>>>>>> accepted. This a new feature?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The 40 bit encryption block was only added in the TB 2.0.0.xx versions,
>>>>>>>>>>> don't remember which one started it as well as the later Seamonkey
>>>>>>>>>>> versions. If you're using an older TB or SM or Mozilla for that matter
>>>>>>>>>>> then you don't need to tweak the setting(s) in about:config.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Home box= Version 1.5.0.14ubu (20080306)
>>>>>>>>>> The settings are there and tweaked...
>>>>>>>>>> Still can't get in. 'Connection to server secnews... timed out.'
>>>>>>>>>> It worked before the expiration.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> are you using port 563 and is SSL checked?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yup...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Check your firewall settings/permissions. "Timed out" and "Connection
>>>>>>> refused" are not the same thing, the latter being the one if your SSL
>>>>>>> setting are not set to "true".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jay, I'm probably just burning up my Stupid Question For The Month at a
>>>>>> very early date, but what's the advantage to the user of using the
>>>>>> secnews server?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Summed up pretty nicely by Dan, but I can add:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Because it's there! ;-)
>>>>> 2. No incoming OR outgoing feed to usenet or otherwise
>>>>> 3. Liberal posting policy(s)
>>>>> 4. Spam harvesting softwares are few and far between that can
>>>>> scan/harvest an SNEWS server. Yes, it CAN be done but usually not worth
>>>>> the effort.
>>>>> 5. NNTP Server software loaded/running on dedicated server, not shared.
>>>>> 6. It's FREE !!
>>>>> 7. reg is not blocked. :-)
>>>>>
>>>> I'm lost. I added secnews.netscape.com. I'm using port 563.
>>>> Everything's dandy. Except I don't see any netscape.mozilla* hierarchy.
>>>> I don't see a TB group. I don't see a FF group. The hell am I doing
>>>> wrong?
>>>>
>>> ssl needs to be checked and see the last paragraph here:
>>> news://news.mozilla.org:119/qLKdnUo2u4WJKffVnZ2dnUVZ_o3inZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> or
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.general/msg/82dec92432bb006b
>>>
>> Okay, I did that stuff for the certs and the advanced config and
>> refreshed the groups list from the server.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> It apparently worked -- if there are only seven non-dev newsgroups in
>> the whole netscape.mozilla* hierarchy.
>
> click the update button next to the server-list!
<sigh>
What is unclear about "and refreshed the groups list from server", above?
That's how I got the groups I do show. I will repeat *this* for you, as
well: there are only seven non-dev newsgroups showing in the whole
netscape.mozilla* hierarchy.
Is that really all there are?
--
Blinky
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