Ralph,
Why is it that that server uses a secure encrypted link to it? Why make
that news group in particular so hard to reach? I don't get it.
I use news servers that require me to log onto them but they don't
require that I use the snews protocol.
I use Gravity http://www.microplanet.com as my news reader. I see that
they have an option "Log on using Secure Password Authentication" but I
think SPA is an MSN thing that is unrelated to SSL.
On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 07:18:39 +0000 esteemed Ralph Fox did'st hold forth
thusly:
> I can confirm that the newsgroup exists (if you use "snews:").
>
>
> > User-Agent: Xnews/03.08.28
>
> I don't know whether Xnews supports "snews:", or only "news:".
> Which ever way, you will need to use a newsreader that supports snews
> (and not all newsreaders do).
>
>
> If you are adding snews://secnews.netscape.com/ to Netscape
> Messenger 4.7x, from the dialog at
>
> Edit | Preferences | Mail & Newsgroups | Newsgroup Servers | Add
>
> then to select "snews:" rather than "news:" you must check
> the box
>
> [x] Supports encrypted connections (SSL)
>
> The default port for "news:" is 119, and for "snews:" is 563.
>
