Wayne Mery wrote: > > Matt Williams wrote: > > Christopher Jahn wrote: > > > >> And it came to pass that Jonas J�rgensen wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Mike Hatz (Remove the SPAM) wrote: > >>> > >>>> What's going on? The news server seemed to eat about 4-6 > >>>> days of posts and then most everyone else has vanished > >>>> from the newsgroups.... > >>> > >>> You're using <snews://secnews.netscape.com>. Try using > >>> <news://news.mozilla.org/>. (They are actually the same > >>> server -- the difference lies in the "news" vs "snews".) > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Apparently there is some issue between the two servers, as I've heard > >> complaints in the netscape6 group about posts missing from the > >> Secnews.netscape.com server. > >> > > I was one of the early complainers. The easy solution is to create a > > new account for the Mozilla newsgroups with port 119 and the SSL box > > unchecked. Then you delete the Mozilla newsgroups from the Netscape > > news account which has port 563 and the SSL box checked. > > > > > > Matt > > Matt, Jonas, > > I got bit by this and hadn't been getting news since about late > February. By dumb luck I checked the groups today and found your > postings. > > I'm sure other people are having trouble. > > Is there any advantage to using secnews versus news? > (is there anyplace that discusses the difference?) > > Is there an advantage to news via news.mozilla.org versus > secnews.netscape.com? > > Thanks > Wayne > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Thanks > Wayne > _____________________________________________________________________________ > Wayne S. Mery | Systems Programmer Lehigh University > 610-758-3983 > | http://www.lehigh.edu/~wsm0 Bethlehem, PA > > Save a Life - Sign an Organ Donor card > http://www.transweb.org for more information
One advantage to using a Netscape secure news server is that you won't get near as many peices of Spam like the X-rated junk we were getting here a a few weeks ago. I'd like to thank who ever it was that actually managed to get rid of the stuff. I can live with the get rich quick schemes. Although I would like to see them gone as well. I have been subscribed to several Communicator secnews groups and I can not remember the last time I saw a piece of Spam of any form. I think it was about 3 years ago. Other than that obtaining the headers is slower on a secure group because of having to send the security info back and forth. once they are downloaded though seeing the messages are about the same on each group. For me though the extra 15-20 extra seconds wait to download the headers. is worth not having the spam. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112-1809 |[EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/america/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/message/default.htm> <http://home.kimbanet.com/~pjones/birthday/index.htm>
