Mike wrote, in <g09l00$jm9$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
on Mon, 12 May 2008 07:44:06 -0700:
> Mike wrote:
> > Jen wrote:
> >> I've been reading newsgroups via nntp.aioe.org (which is a somewhat
> >> surreal experience in itself, given the random way in which it
chooses
> >> to ignore posts), but this morning it won't talk to me, and I have a
> >> paper deadline tomorrow, so I'm desperately in need of
procrastination
> >> aids. Several people here have mentioned Motzarella favourably, so I
> >> signed up with them. No problem.
> >>
> >> My trouble is I can't get Thunderbird to request authentication. I've
> >> checked Tools -> Account Settings -> Server Settings -> Always
request
> >> authentication when connecting to this server, but it doesn't seem to
> >> have any effect. Is there something blindingly obvious I'm missing? I
> >> could read via GG, but that only exacerbates my stress level.
> >>
> >
> > It might be requesting, but the requests might not be getting through.
> > If you're accessing news.motzarella.org, it looks like you need to
have
> > ****ts 443 and 563 open in addition to 119 (it's not clear to me
whether
> > 443 and 563 are alternate ****ts or whether all three need to be open).
> >
> > If you have a firewall running, that may be blocking communication on
> > one or more of those ****ts.
> >
> > ****t info is here:
> >
> > http://news.motzarella.org/index.php?showpage=techinfo
> >
>
> Spoke too soon. I've registered with Motzarella, and I'm using
> Thunderbird, and without making any other changes, I get the request for
> username and password, and see all the newsgroups after that. So... I
> dunno. Have you tried it with OE (or other newsreader) to see if it
> works that way?
That is all that is needed for Agent.
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Nick Spalding
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