Re: Accessing Secnews
Jay Garcia wrote:
> On 08.07.2008 05:08, Ralph Fox wrote:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:27:10 -0400, in message <cKWdnU_r2oATgezVnZ2dnUVZ_oLinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Phillip Jones, CET wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Then, solution is to edit the configuration ("about:config" in the
>>>>>> location/address bar in Seamonkey or
>>>>>> Tools->Options->Advanced->General->Config Editor in Thunderbird) and enable:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) "security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_40_md5" (change to "True")
>>>>>> 2) "security.enable_ssl2" (change to "True")
>>>>> I can access and post without the certificates
>>>>>
>>>> But do you still have those lines "true" in about:config ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Have bad news report. In SeaMonkey 2 a1pre even if the changes above are
>>> made netscape.test.multimedia doesn't exist. there is one called
>>> test.moderated but not test Multimedia
>> There are two different news servers hosted on secnews.netscape.com
>> They are normally accessed with different settings...
>>
>> A. Port = 119
>> "[ ] Use secure connection (SSL)" -- not checked
>>
>> B. Port = 563
>> "[X] Use secure connection (SSL)" -- checked
>>
>> Server 'A' has newsgroup "netscape.test.moderated" but not "netscape.test.multimedia"
>> Server 'B' has newsgroup "netscape.test.multimedia"
>>
>> It appears that you are communicating with server 'A'.
>>
>> Are your settings as in 'B'?
>> If so, then do you have two news server accounts configured in
>> SM with the same domain "secnews.netscape.com", the other account
>> set up as in 'A'? In this case, try changing one of the two
>> domains from "secnews.netscape.com" to "secnews.aoltw.net".
>>
>>
>
> To see ALL the groups on secnews you only have to have port 563
> configured, no need to have a second server configured for port 119. All
> the groups can be subscribed to but on port 119, the SSL groups cannot
> be seen OR accessed.
>
if you have port 563 configured, then you also have to
have SSL checked, correct?
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