There was no response to my previous request for advice. Should I now assume that I am attempting to use Evolution outside its design 'envelope' and that Evolution cannot be used as a news-group client?
Regards A.A.Hamilton -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Tony Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Difficulty using Evolution as a news client > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:05:07 +0100 > > Hi, > Apologies for using this scatter-gun approach, but I'm having a slight > problem with setting up Evolution which I believe to be specific to > Evolution, rather than to my distro (openSuSE 11.0). > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > I'm using Evolution 2.22.1.1 with OpenSuSE 11.0 with no problems on 3 > email accounts that I have moved from Windows/Thunderbird. I have set up > a news account - to match that on my Windows installation - but I am > unable to it because I fail authentication by the server. > > Specifically the failure information message is presented immediately > after I am requested to supply the NNTP password for a specific account. > My ISP/news server provider tells me that my NNTP password is that which > I use for normal email. I have this password correct because I am able > to send and receive normal email on that account > > The failure message I receive is number 502 - cannot authenticate on > server (or very similar wording to this). It must be a configuration > error because I am able to access this news server, using the same email > account, from Windows/Thunderbird and OpenSuSE/Claws Mail without > problem. Neither of these 2 packages ask for an NNTP password. > > Could somebody suggest some things that I should check? > > Regards > > A.A.Hamilton _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
