Jen wrote, in <mr6h24t6t7ic8dc95ll5nce4kt2rsmi8mt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:34:44 +1000:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:03:36 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> <no.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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...
It's worth persevering with.
--
Nick Spalding
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