On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:03:36 -0700, Blinky the Shark
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> wrote:
>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.
Thanks for the suggestions; I downloaded Agent and it worked with
Motzarella straight off. I just have to figure out how to use it
now...
--
Jen
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