eternal-september test

[Mike Swift]

Can't seem to get eternal-september working.

Mike

[Indy Jess John]

Post by Mike Swift
Can't seem to get eternal-september working.
Mike

I have just used it. It is working for me, and this message is being
sent via eternal-september.

Jim

[Mike Swift]

Post by Mike Swift
Can't seem to get eternal-september working.
Mike

I have just used it. It is working for me, and this message is being sent via
eternal-september.

What are the settings, not private ones obviously, I'm using Turnpike
but I think Thunderbird can get usenet as well.

Mike

[mick]

Post by Mike Swift
Can't seem to get eternal-september working.
Mike

I have just used it. It is working for me, and this message is being sent via
eternal-september.

What are the settings, not private ones obviously, I'm using Turnpike but I
think Thunderbird can get usenet as well.
Mike

I can't help with Turnpike or Thunderbird Mike.

Using MesNews here, your login name and password are needed for
authentication and the port is 119, no SSL/TLS needed. That's it as
far as MesNews settings.

This is from the website
https://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=techinfo
I am using the first settings, never tried the second and third.

Client Settings
Server name: news.eternal-september.org
Port : 119 (NNTP)
Port : 563 (encrypted connection NNTPS)

Servername: reader80.eternal-september.org
Port : 80

Servername: reader443.eternal-september.org
Port : 443 (encrypted connection NNTPS)

The number of concurrent connections to the server is limited to 4

I seem to remember many years ago when I first started, ES showed about
half a dozen newsgroups at start up, then you had to download all the
other news groups from the server which was a bit obscure to a newbie
like me.

[Oliver]

Post by Mike Swift
What are the settings, not private ones obviously, I'm using Turnpike
but I think Thunderbird can get usenet as well.

Yes, I use Thunderbird. Under Settings for ES I've got:

Port 119
Connection security: None

Check for new messages at startup - Tick
Check for new messages every 30 minutes - Tick
Ask me before downloading more than 500 messages - Tick
Always request authentication when connecting to this server - Tick

[Indy Jess John]

Post by Mike Swift

Post by Mike Swift
Can't seem to get eternal-september working.
Mike

I have just used it.  It is working for me, and this message is being
sent via
eternal-september.

What are the settings, not private ones obviously, I'm using Turnpike
but I think Thunderbird can get usenet as well.
Mike

I am using Thunderbird, and I have user name and password access
control. To do this I have ticked "Always request authentication when
connecting to this server"

My settings are:
Server name: news.eternal-september.org
Port: 563
Connection Security: SSL/TLS
Default Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8)

For the outgoing server I have left it as "Use default" and that works
OK for me.

Jim

[Mike Swift]

Post by Indy Jess John

Post by Mike Swift

Post by Mike Swift
Can't seem to get eternal-september working.
Mike

I have just used it.  It is working for me, and this message is being
sent via
eternal-september.

What are the settings, not private ones obviously, I'm using Turnpike
but I think Thunderbird can get usenet as well.
Mike

I am using Thunderbird, and I have user name and password access
control. To do this I have ticked "Always request authentication when
connecting to this server"
Server name: news.eternal-september.org
Port: 563
Connection Security: SSL/TLS
Default Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8)
For the outgoing server I have left it as "Use default" and that works OK for
me.
Jim

Just sent and received to virgin test.

Lets see if this one works..
Thanks all for the help if it does.

Mike

[Mike Swift]

Post by Mike Swift

Post by Indy Jess John

Post by Mike Swift

Post by Mike Swift
Can't seem to get eternal-september working.
Mike

I have just used it.  It is working for me, and this message is being
sent via
eternal-september.

What are the settings, not private ones obviously, I'm using Turnpike
but I think Thunderbird can get usenet as well.
Mike

I am using Thunderbird, and I have user name and password access
control. To do this I have ticked "Always request authentication when
connecting to this server"
Server name: news.eternal-september.org
Port: 563
Connection Security: SSL/TLS
Default Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8)
For the outgoing server I have left it as "Use default" and that works OK for
me.
Jim

Just sent and received to virgin test.
Lets see if this one works..
Thanks all for the help if it does.

Didn't work.

Setup account in Thunderbird, couldn't send messages but could receive.

Couldn't work out how to add groups.

Life's too short to struggle, paid my €10 to Berlin.

Thanks everyone for trying to help.

Mike

[Oliver]

Post by Mike Swift
Didn't work.
Setup account in Thunderbird, couldn't send messages but could receive.
Couldn't work out how to add groups.
Life's too short to struggle, paid my €10 to Berlin.
Thanks everyone for trying to help.

If you have the patience it may still be worth setting up ES as a
"spare". Did you ever register and get an email from them with settings
and, I think, a password?

There is full information on

http://www.eternal-september.org/

[Mike Swift]

Post by Mike Swift
Didn't work.
Setup account in Thunderbird, couldn't send messages but could receive.
Couldn't work out how to add groups.
Life's too short to struggle, paid my €10 to Berlin.
Thanks everyone for trying to help.

If you have the patience it may still be worth setting up ES as a "spare". Did
you ever register and get an email from them with settings and, I think, a
password?
There is full information on
http://www.eternal-september.org/

Yes, registered and got the email with 3 options, I will keep trying to
set things up but without the loss of news groups at the end of March.

Mike

[Oliver]

Post by Mike Swift

Post by Mike Swift
Didn't work.
Setup account in Thunderbird, couldn't send messages but could receive.
Couldn't work out how to add groups.
Life's too short to struggle, paid my €10 to Berlin.
Thanks everyone for trying to help.

If you have the patience it may still be worth setting up ES as a "spare". Did
you ever register and get an email from them with settings and, I think, a
password?
There is full information on
http://www.eternal-september.org/

Yes, registered and got the email with 3 options, I will keep trying to
set things up but without the loss of news groups at the end of March.

To see the list of newsgroups and subscribe, I right-click on
news.eternal-september.org in the left-hand folders pane and then click
on subcribe. That brings up a list of newsgroups.

[AgentX]

Post by Oliver

Post by Mike Swift

Post by Mike Swift
Didn't work.
Setup account in Thunderbird, couldn't send messages but could receive.
Couldn't work out how to add groups.
Life's too short to struggle, paid my €10 to Berlin.
Thanks everyone for trying to help.

If you have the patience it may still be worth setting up ES as a "spare". Did
you ever register and get an email from them with settings and, I think, a
password?
There is full information on
http://www.eternal-september.org/

Yes, registered and got the email with 3 options, I will keep trying
to set things up but without the loss of news groups at the end of March.

To see the list of newsgroups and subscribe, I right-click on
news.eternal-september.org in the left-hand folders pane and then click
on subcribe. That brings up a list of newsgroups.

To send messages, you need to select FollowUp, not reply in Thunderbird
(which I'm always forgetting). Used to be Reply Group which was more
intuitive. New Message works for a new thread

[Oliver]

Post by AgentX

Post by Oliver

Post by Mike Swift

Post by Mike Swift
Didn't work.
Setup account in Thunderbird, couldn't send messages but could receive.
Couldn't work out how to add groups.
Life's too short to struggle, paid my €10 to Berlin.
Thanks everyone for trying to help.

If you have the patience it may still be worth setting up ES as a "spare". Did
you ever register and get an email from them with settings and, I think, a
password?
There is full information on
http://www.eternal-september.org/

Yes, registered and got the email with 3 options, I will keep trying
to set things up but without the loss of news groups at the end of March.

To see the list of newsgroups and subscribe, I right-click on
news.eternal-september.org in the left-hand folders pane and then
click on subcribe. That brings up a list of newsgroups.

To send messages, you need to select FollowUp, not reply in Thunderbird
(which I'm always forgetting). Used to be Reply Group which was more
intuitive. New Message works for a new thread

I've never even noticed Followup to Newsgroup before. I always
right-click on a message and select Reply to All.

[Oliver]

Post by Oliver

Post by AgentX

Post by Oliver

Post by Mike Swift

Post by Mike Swift
Didn't work.
Setup account in Thunderbird, couldn't send messages but could receive.
Couldn't work out how to add groups.
Life's too short to struggle, paid my €10 to Berlin.
Thanks everyone for trying to help.

If you have the patience it may still be worth setting up ES as a "spare". Did
you ever register and get an email from them with settings and, I think, a
password?
There is full information on
http://www.eternal-september.org/

Yes, registered and got the email with 3 options, I will keep trying
to set things up but without the loss of news groups at the end of March.

To see the list of newsgroups and subscribe, I right-click on
news.eternal-september.org in the left-hand folders pane and then
click on subcribe. That brings up a list of newsgroups.

To send messages, you need to select FollowUp, not reply in
Thunderbird (which I'm always forgetting). Used to be Reply Group
which was more intuitive. New Message works for a new thread

I've never even noticed Followup to Newsgroup before. I always
right-click on a message and select Reply to All.

And - that didn't work properly. Well I never.....

[AgentX]

Post by Oliver

Post by Oliver

Post by AgentX

Post by Oliver

Post by Mike Swift

Post by Mike Swift
Didn't work.
Setup account in Thunderbird, couldn't send messages but could receive.
Couldn't work out how to add groups.
Life's too short to struggle, paid my €10 to Berlin.
Thanks everyone for trying to help.

If you have the patience it may still be worth setting up ES as a "spare". Did
you ever register and get an email from them with settings and, I think, a
password?
There is full information on
http://www.eternal-september.org/

Yes, registered and got the email with 3 options, I will keep
trying to set things up but without the loss of news groups at the
end of March.

To see the list of newsgroups and subscribe, I right-click on
news.eternal-september.org in the left-hand folders pane and then
click on subcribe. That brings up a list of newsgroups.

To send messages, you need to select FollowUp, not reply in
Thunderbird (which I'm always forgetting). Used to be Reply Group
which was more intuitive. New Message works for a new thread

I've never even noticed Followup to Newsgroup before. I always
right-click on a message and select Reply to All.

And - that didn't work properly. Well I never.....

Someone's changed something somewhere...why? Who knows

K