On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 14:31 -0600, Ken Keefe wrote: > I have been trying to get Evolution to handle my news groups, since I > recently discovered that Evolution has that ability. I am able to > connect to the news server with a slew of other clients like KNode and > Thunderbird. However, when I try to subscribe to folders in Evolution, I > get the following error: > > Error while performing operation. > > Error retrieving newsgroups: > > 281 Ok. > > Does anyone know what this error code means? > > The server is password protected and Evolution still has not prompted me > to enter my password, so that might be the problem. Anyway, I'd > appreciate any help I can get to get it working... I'd like to be able > to stop using a second client for news.
Works for me, using news.east.cox.net. What steps did you take? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "The UN couldn't break up a cookie fight in a Brownie meeting." Larry Miller
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