In the spirit of this issue, I want to make a heartfelt request to all who reply to posts outside of direct email: please include both the actual subject of the thread in question verbatim and at least some portion of previous replies. We need some context to understand the new post and to move forward with it.
. . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yaniv Rabi Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 12:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: Having problem using LISTSERV.UA.EDU with thunderbird Thank's all, I will check the "news.eternal-september.org" I hope it will work. Thank's, Yaniv R. On 07/03/2018 22:33, Seymour J Metz wrote: > A search for "open news servers" should get you a list of news servers that > you can use for free from TB. Remember that your posts will only show up on > the news group, not on the listserv. > > A search for "IBM mainframe blog" should give you some sites of possible > interest. > > If you do sign up with a news server, check the bit.* groups. There might be > comp.* groups of interest, but I don't know of any specific to IBM. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on > behalf of Yaniv Rabi <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 2:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Having problem using LISTSERV.UA.EDU with thunderbird > > Thank's Seymour, > > I don't think I have a newsgroup from my ISP > > but I have some free newsgroups I'm using > > and most of them work well, > > if you know of any free IBM related newsgroup's > > I will happy to know about. > > > Thank's, > > Yaniv R. > > > > > On 07/03/2018 20:55, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> You can access IBM-MAIN three ways >> >> 1. Via the web interface >> >> 2. To your e-mail account >> >> 3. Via the news group that it is gated to. If you use a news >> client to post to that group, subscribers to IBM-MAIN will >> not see your post. Also, "listserv.ua.edu" is not a news >> server; use the server provided by your ISP, if any, or sign >> up with an outside news server. But I advise against this >> route for IBM-MAIN. >> >> So if you're set to NOMAIL, I recommend that you either change that or use >> the listserv web interface. >> >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on >> behalf of Yaniv Rabi <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:56 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Having problem using LISTSERV.UA.EDU with thunderbird >> >> Thank's for the reply Seymour, >> >> I don't quite understand what You meen in IMAP4 server. >> but I have other newsgroup that are free, listed in TB and they all >> work except the "listserv.ua.edu" newsgroup also I've registered my >> google account in TB and it also works the only problem is with this >> "listserv.ua.edu" newsgroup account! >> >> maybe it's a problem with the configuration, like port's, and >> security settings. >> >> >> >> >> On 07/03/2018 19:36, Seymour J Metz wrote: >>> TB is an e-mail client. Configure it to use your provider's IMAP4 server. >>> For web access, use FireFox. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >>> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on >>> behalf of Yaniv Rabi <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 11:56 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Having problem using LISTSERV.UA.EDU with thunderbird >>> >>> Hello listserv users, >>> >>> I'm having a bit of problem using >>> listserv with my mail client(thunderbird) >>> >>> I've registerd to the listserv server using mail confirmation, and >>> subscribed to IBM-MAIN group, through the browser, and made a >>> password. >>> >>> when I connect to the listserv server through the broswer using ID >>> and PW it connect's ok, >>> >>> but when I'm using thunderbird, >>> I can't access the "listserv.ua.edu" server. >>> when I try to connect it writes "connection timed out". >>> >>> I've serched in google for the answer, but havn't found any realtive >>> post. >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated, >>> >>> Thank's, >>> Yaniv R. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
