Re: Accessing Secnews

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

Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> 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?
> 
I check them but they don't stick in SM2

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