Re: How to set up a Newsgroup Subscription
On 5/5/2010 8:14 AM, Mark Hansen wrote: On 5/4/2010 7:31 PM, chicagofan wrote: That might not be a bad idea. I've read of lots of people with profile problems, and I think many them had to reinstall SM. I haven't had that problem, so I can't offer any useful advice. Hopefully, someone else will chime in with some suggestions. bj FYI: Uninstalling/reinstalling SeaMonkey doesn't clean out any problems which may be in the profile. But if the profile were misconfigured in the program itself due to an error or somesuch during installation, would not uninstalling it completely and starting from scratch have a possibility of correcting the configuration error? I'm just now starting my IT classes (after 18 weeks of General ed... gotta love University of Phoenix... _), and I'm new to much of the more technical aspects of programs and such, so please forgive me if I sound ignorant. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How to set up a Newsgroup Subscription
On 5/4/2010 2:00 PM, chicagofan wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: I would still like to get SM up and running properly. It's a pretty nifty all-in-one program... I like it. It reminds me of older programs... kinda endears me to it. Here's the response I just got from an e-mail to them about your problem: Invalid credentials means that either the username or the password (or problably both) are wrong. Please have him check his account data for typos and/or leading or trailing blanks. Hadn't thought about leading or trailing blanks, and thought you might not have either. bj Checked for leading/railing blanks, no dice. however, I DID take your advice and cleared all the cache, cookies, etc.. Got that done, and then, vioala, it worked like a charm with Thunderbird. Unfortunately, SM is still being snotty about it... It keeps asking me to make new account profiles whenever I go to reply to a message... Pops up the window like I am setting up a new newsgroup server connection. At this point, I am willing to use Thunderbird until I get SM debugged... I'm close to just uninstalling/reinstalling it. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
How to set up a Newsgroup Subscription
I've been trying and trying to get a newsgroup reader, so as to have access to various other functions (blocking messages by certain obnoxious (or insane) users being one of those functions) that Google Groups doesn't seem to provide. I found and downloaded both Thunderbird and Seamonkey... and I can't figure out how to set up the newsreader to pick up the newsgroup. I've looked through the help files and FAQ's, and... nuthin'. The error message I keep getting when I click the 'Manage my subscriptions' link is thus; Failed to connect to server alt.religion.wicca. I know it can be done, as others tap into the newsgroup with other newsreaders. I'm just technotarded enough that I can't figure it out. Any help would be hot. Thanks guys! ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How to set up a Newsgroup Subscription
On May 3, 8:35 am, WLS rafte...@verizonremove.net wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: I've been trying and trying to get a newsgroup reader, so as to have access to various other functions (blocking messages by certain obnoxious (or insane) users being one of those functions) that Google Groups doesn't seem to provide. I found and downloaded both Thunderbird and Seamonkey... and I can't figure out how to set up the newsreader to pick up the newsgroup. I've looked through the help files and FAQ's, and... nuthin'. The error message I keep getting when I click the 'Manage my subscriptions' link is thus; Failed to connect to server alt.religion.wicca. I know it can be done, as others tap into the newsgroup with other newsreaders. I'm just technotarded enough that I can't figure it out. Any help would be hot. Thanks guys! Well, since alt.religion.wicca is a newgroup and not a server. That is why you get that error. First you have to set up your newsgroup account to connect to a server, then subscribe to the alt.religion.wicca newsgroup. HTH- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks... I knew I was doing something wrong. How do I figure out which server to connect to? as i said, i have never done this before, so it is a bit of a learning experience for me. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How to set up a Newsgroup Subscription
On May 3, 3:33 pm, chicagofan m...@privacy.net wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: On May 3, 8:35 am, WLSrafte...@verizonremove.net wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: I've been trying and trying to get a newsgroup reader, so as to have access to various other functions (blocking messages by certain obnoxious (or insane) users being one of those functions) that Google Groups doesn't seem to provide. I found and downloaded both Thunderbird and Seamonkey... and I can't figure out how to set up the newsreader to pick up the newsgroup. I've looked through the help files and FAQ's, and... nuthin'. The error message I keep getting when I click the 'Manage my subscriptions' link is thus; Failed to connect to server alt.religion.wicca. I know it can be done, as others tap into the newsgroup with other newsreaders. I'm just technotarded enough that I can't figure it out. Any help would be hot. Thanks guys! Well, since alt.religion.wicca is a newgroup and not a server. That is why you get that error. First you have to set up your newsgroup account to connect to a server, then subscribe to the alt.religion.wicca newsgroup. HTH- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks... I knew I was doing something wrong. How do I figure out which server to connect to? as i said, i have never done this before, so it is a bit of a learning experience for me. Who is your internet service provider? If they don't provide a free newsgroup service, there are a few you can try, or you can pay for a service you may like better. Here's a link [below] to one of the free news services you could try. They tell you how to set up your newsreader to access their news server. http://www.eternal-september.org/ bj Thanks, I'll try to get that other one to work. So far, I've downloaded Seamonkey and Thunderbird, both in an attempt to be able to use them and newsreaders. I guess i just don't know how to properly configure it. I don't know what the server address is. I know it's going to be something so simple and so stupid, and I'll feel like a 'tard, but I figure everyone has to start somewhere, and better late than never. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How to set up a Newsgroup Subscription
chicagofan wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: On May 3, 3:33 pm, chicagofanm...@privacy.net wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: On May 3, 8:35 am, WLSrafte...@verizonremove.net wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: I've been trying and trying to get a newsgroup reader, so as to have access to various other functions (blocking messages by certain obnoxious (or insane) users being one of those functions) that Google Groups doesn't seem to provide. I found and downloaded both Thunderbird and Seamonkey... and I can't figure out how to set up the newsreader to pick up the newsgroup. I've looked through the help files and FAQ's, and... nuthin'. The error message I keep getting when I click the 'Manage my subscriptions' link is thus; Failed to connect to server alt.religion.wicca. I know it can be done, as others tap into the newsgroup with other newsreaders. I'm just technotarded enough that I can't figure it out. Any help would be hot. Thanks guys! Well, since alt.religion.wicca is a newgroup and not a server. That is why you get that error. First you have to set up your newsgroup account to connect to a server, then subscribe to the alt.religion.wicca newsgroup. HTH- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks... I knew I was doing something wrong. How do I figure out which server to connect to? as i said, i have never done this before, so it is a bit of a learning experience for me. Who is your internet service provider? If they don't provide a free newsgroup service, there are a few you can try, or you can pay for a service you may like better. Here's a link [below] to one of the free news services you could try. They tell you how to set up your newsreader to access their news server. http://www.eternal-september.org/ bj Thanks, I'll try to get that other one to work. So far, I've downloaded Seamonkey and Thunderbird, both in an attempt to be able to use them and newsreaders. I guess i just don't know how to properly configure it. I don't know what the server address is. I know it's going to be something so simple and so stupid, and I'll feel like a 'tard, but I figure everyone has to start somewhere, and better late than never. I don't know what you mean by other one. You have to sign up for an outside news server, if your ISP doesn't provide one, to get the address for SM [or Thunderbird] to access the newsgroups. They are useless for reading newsgroups without a newsgroup service provided by someone. The server address will be provided by the service you choose. Who is your ISP? bj By other one, i meant the 'eternal-september'. I got into it, and I've been moving around on there for a bit, asking questions and such. I didn't know about new servers before tonight, so, yeah, that shows how new I am to this. I am able to access their newsgroups, for support for their news server, but I can't seem to get my username and password to validate. i keep getting an 'invalid credentials' error when I set Thunderbird or Seamonkey to auto request authentification (which they require, as I'm sure you know). I put in my username and password, and I am certain that they are correct... I'm just getting error after error here... _ But hey, at least I can use the two programs I downloaded (TB and SM) in order to troubleshoot those two programs. XD Is there a waiting period, perhaps? I've tried changing my password, I tred with the password they supplied to me, so on and so forth. Maybe I should try making a new account? My ISP is CableOne, sorry, I forgot to put that in the last one. _ ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How to set up a Newsgroup Subscription
chicagofan wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: chicagofan wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: On May 3, 3:33 pm, chicagofanm...@privacy.net wrote: Here's a link [below] to one of the free news services you could try. They tell you how to set up your newsreader to access their news server. http://www.eternal-september.org/ bj Thanks, I'll try to get that other one to work. So far, I've downloaded Seamonkey and Thunderbird, both in an attempt to be able to use them and newsreaders. I guess i just don't know how to properly configure it. I don't know what the server address is. I know it's going to be something so simple and so stupid, and I'll feel like a 'tard, but I figure everyone has to start somewhere, and better late than never. I don't know what you mean by other one. You have to sign up for an outside news server, if your ISP doesn't provide one, to get the address for SM [or Thunderbird] to access the newsgroups. They are useless for reading newsgroups without a newsgroup service provided by someone. The server address will be provided by the service you choose. Who is your ISP? bj By other one, i meant the 'eternal-september'. I got into it, and I've been moving around on there for a bit, asking questions and such. I didn't know about new servers before tonight, so, yeah, that shows how new I am to this. I am able to access their newsgroups, for support for their news server, but I can't seem to get my username and password to validate. i keep getting an 'invalid credentials' error when I set Thunderbird or Seamonkey to auto request authentification (which they require, as I'm sure you know). I put in my username and password, and I am certain that they are correct... I'm just getting error after error here..._ But hey, at least I can use the two programs I downloaded (TB and SM) in order to troubleshoot those two programs. XD Is there a waiting period, perhaps? I've tried changing my password, I tred with the password they supplied to me, so on and so forth. Maybe I should try making a new account? My ISP is CableOne, sorry, I forgot to put that in the last one._ I don't think there's a waiting period. Don't worry about being new to this, or the questions you ask, because we were ALL there at one time. :) With a little patience we'll get all the blanks filled in. Do I understand that you have put the news.eternal-september.org address, and all the other info required in the SM New Account boxes? Just trying to figure out where you are in this process. Whether you mean you have accessed their support at their web site, or you actually have set up your new SM newsgroup account and are still getting this error message. In other words, are you beyond this point below [from the SM Help FAQ]: Adding a Newsgroup Server [in Sea Monkey your mail news reader] If the newsgroup you want to subscribe to is on a different server, you must first set up access to that server. [Since it is not on Cable One's server] To set up an additional newsgroup server, open the File menu in the Mail window and choose New, then Account. * Using the Account Wizard, indicate that the new account you want to set up is a Newsgroup account. Once you've set up access to the new server, you can subscribe to newsgroups on that server. In the Mail window, open the File menu, and choose Subscribe. Let us know if you've completed the SM new account process with the news server address and port 119, etc. and we can go from there. Don't give up. :) bj I am to that point, in fact, that's how I got to here. the next step for me was to click the 'Automatically request authentication' box. Every time I do that, and it pops up the boxes for filling in the username. I enter my username, even cut/pasted from my activation e-mail. The next box pops up, for the password, and I cut/paste that as well, so make sure I get it right. That's when it gives me the error Invalid Credentials. Now, I DID just recently download Greasemonkey and installed a user script for Google Groups that allows one to ignore users and the like, so, at least in the interim, I don't have to put up with the loony I was looking to avoid, but I would still like to get SM up and running properly. It's a pretty nifty all-in-one program... I like it. It reminds me of older programs... kinda endears me to it. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How to set up a Newsgroup Subscription
Beorc Kano wrote: chicagofan wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: chicagofan wrote: Beorc Kano wrote: On May 3, 3:33 pm, chicagofanm...@privacy.net wrote: Here's a link [below] to one of the free news services you could try. They tell you how to set up your newsreader to access their news server. http://www.eternal-september.org/ bj Thanks, I'll try to get that other one to work. So far, I've downloaded Seamonkey and Thunderbird, both in an attempt to be able to use them and newsreaders. I guess i just don't know how to properly configure it. I don't know what the server address is. I know it's going to be something so simple and so stupid, and I'll feel like a 'tard, but I figure everyone has to start somewhere, and better late than never. I don't know what you mean by other one. You have to sign up for an outside news server, if your ISP doesn't provide one, to get the address for SM [or Thunderbird] to access the newsgroups. They are useless for reading newsgroups without a newsgroup service provided by someone. The server address will be provided by the service you choose. Who is your ISP? bj By other one, i meant the 'eternal-september'. I got into it, and I've been moving around on there for a bit, asking questions and such. I didn't know about new servers before tonight, so, yeah, that shows how new I am to this. I am able to access their newsgroups, for support for their news server, but I can't seem to get my username and password to validate. i keep getting an 'invalid credentials' error when I set Thunderbird or Seamonkey to auto request authentification (which they require, as I'm sure you know). I put in my username and password, and I am certain that they are correct... I'm just getting error after error here..._ But hey, at least I can use the two programs I downloaded (TB and SM) in order to troubleshoot those two programs. XD Is there a waiting period, perhaps? I've tried changing my password, I tred with the password they supplied to me, so on and so forth. Maybe I should try making a new account? My ISP is CableOne, sorry, I forgot to put that in the last one._ I don't think there's a waiting period. Don't worry about being new to this, or the questions you ask, because we were ALL there at one time. :) With a little patience we'll get all the blanks filled in. Do I understand that you have put the news.eternal-september.org address, and all the other info required in the SM New Account boxes? Just trying to figure out where you are in this process. Whether you mean you have accessed their support at their web site, or you actually have set up your new SM newsgroup account and are still getting this error message. In other words, are you beyond this point below [from the SM Help FAQ]: Adding a Newsgroup Server [in Sea Monkey your mail news reader] If the newsgroup you want to subscribe to is on a different server, you must first set up access to that server. [Since it is not on Cable One's server] To set up an additional newsgroup server, open the File menu in the Mail window and choose New, then Account. * Using the Account Wizard, indicate that the new account you want to set up is a Newsgroup account. Once you've set up access to the new server, you can subscribe to newsgroups on that server. In the Mail window, open the File menu, and choose Subscribe. Let us know if you've completed the SM new account process with the news server address and port 119, etc. and we can go from there. Don't give up. :) bj I am to that point, in fact, that's how I got to here. the next step for me was to click the 'Automatically request authentication' box. Every time I do that, and it pops up the boxes for filling in the username. I enter my username, even cut/pasted from my activation e-mail. The next box pops up, for the password, and I cut/paste that as well, so make sure I get it right. That's when it gives me the error Invalid Credentials. Now, I DID just recently download Greasemonkey and installed a user script for Google Groups that allows one to ignore users and the like, so, at least in the interim, I don't have to put up with the loony I was looking to avoid, but I would still like to get SM up and running properly. It's a pretty nifty all-in-one program... I like it. It reminds me of older programs... kinda endears me to it. Oh! One more thing! How do I tell what server the newsgroup is on, when looking at a Google Group? If I can get that, maybe I can cut right to it without a password. the server I am using currently is news.eternal-september.org. They list alt.religion.wicca as accessible from their server (as you likely know, having give me their link. :) ). ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
