Nick Spalding wrote:
> 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.
Ditto Pan. The ****ts for a secure connection can be used, but they're not
necessary; I'm using 119.
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