Jen wrote:
> 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...
I have TB installed for reasons other than "I love it". :) So for grins
I just set up Motzarella in it. It did not prompt me for a username the
first time I accessed the server (to get groups list); but after I
restarted TB (with always-request-auth enabled) it did prompt me. I
entered usr/pwd and enabled remember-me, and it's working as expected.
This in case you don't want to have to resort to Agent.
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