On 11 Jul 2002, it is alleged that katie sauntered in to
netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news and loudly proclaimed:
> Somehow, I have gotten lost in Mozilla Org. I don't think I'm suspposed
> to be where I am in order to subscribe to the newsgroups
> that I want. As an example, can you tell me in simple terms, the
> steps to take to subscribe to alt.test?
>
> I did get to the place where I could pull all the groups down but
> when I ask to subscribe, I'm told they are not available. I did
> get a message asking me if I was where I wanted to be--Mozilla org?
>
> Any help just to get me started would be much appreciated. In the
> meantime, I am trying to find out through reading the help tools
> that came with the program.
>
> Mozilla appears to be very different than NewsWatcher which is what
> I am used to using.
I have to admit that I'm not quite sure what groups you're trying to
subscribe to; however, it sounds like what's happening is that Mozilla, as
is its wont (since it's actually meant for testing purposes and the like),
is trying to subscribe you to the developer groups.
Try to set up a new news account for the server you want (/e.g./, news.your-
ISP.net) and see what happens.
The NGs listed below have been set up to help with user questions; as I've
already implied, these groups (in the n.p.m.* hierarchy) are actually
intended for development work.
/b.
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Mozilla end-user questions should be directed to:
snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.general
snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.win32
snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.mac
snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.unix
Note that you need to have SSL enabled and the port set to 563.
