Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Difficulty using Evolution as a news client]

[Reid Thompson <Reid Thompson ateb com>]

On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 23:31 +0100, Tony Hamilton wrote:
> There was no response to my previous request for advice.
>
> Should I now assume that I am attempting to use Evolution outside its
> design 'envelope' and that Evolution cannot be used as a news-group
> client?
>
> Regards
>
> A.A.Hamilton
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > From: Tony Hamilton <shaky start ntlworld com>
> > Reply-To: shaky start ntlworld com
> > To: evolution-list gnome org 
> > Subject: Difficulty using Evolution as a news client
> > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:05:07 +0100
> >
> > Hi,
> > Apologies for using this scatter-gun approach, but I'm having a slight
> > problem with setting up Evolution which I believe to be specific to
> > Evolution, rather than to my distro (openSuSE 11.0).
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> > I'm using Evolution 2.22.1.1 with OpenSuSE 11.0 with no problems on 3
> > email accounts that I have moved from Windows/Thunderbird. I have set up
> > a news account - to match that on my Windows installation - but I am
> > unable to it because I fail authentication by the server.
> >
> > Specifically the failure information message is presented immediately
> > after I am requested to supply the NNTP password for a specific account.
> > My ISP/news server provider tells me that my NNTP password is that which
> > I use for normal email. I have this password correct because I am able
> > to send and receive normal email on that account
> >
> > The failure message I receive is number 502 - cannot authenticate on
> > server (or very similar wording to this). It must be a configuration
> > error because I am able to access this news server, using the same email
> > account, from Windows/Thunderbird and OpenSuSE/Claws Mail without
> > problem. Neither of these 2 packages ask for an NNTP password.
> >
> > Could somebody suggest some things that I should check?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > A.A.Hamilton
>
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