Re: Accessing Secnews

["Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T" <pjones1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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!
> 
> reg
Yep did that.

Think I am going to have to wait a while. they have a a lot of stuff 
turned of. And despite having the new FF3 Gecko rendering engine is 
slower than when I was using SeaMonkey 1.1x on my old 512k connection.

FF3 is 10 times faster. They've got a lot of work to do. This puppy 
won't be ready for prime time for another two years.

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