Re: [Evolution] New user having trouble adding news feed

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sun, 2020-11-01 at 10:43 +0100, Andre Klapper via evolution-list
wrote:
> On Sat, 2020-10-31 at 18:21 -0400, Ken Wright wrote:
> > On Sat, 2020-10-31 at 21:50 +0100, Andre Klapper via evolution-list
> > wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2020-10-31 at 15:32 -0400, Ken Wright via evolution-list
> > > wrote:
> > > > I've just started using Evolution (3.38.1-1) on Ubuntu 20.10, and
> > > > when I try to add my newsfeed nothing happens.
> > >
> > > How to add a newsfeed in Evolution? Please provide steps to
> > > reproduce.
> >
> > 1)  Under the Edit menu, click "Preferences"
> > 2)  Select "News and Blogs" then click Add.
> > 3)  In the Feed URL box, enter the feed; in this case, news.eternal-
> > september.org
> > 4)  Under Advanced Options, choose the Authentication tab.  Check the
> > Use authentication box, enter the Username and Password in the
> > appropriate boxen.  Click OK.
> >
> > And nothing happens.
>
> Thanks! And sorry, my brain yesterday didn't connect the term
> "newsfeed" to what I would have probably named "newsgroup".

Same here. A newsfeed usually means something else, such as RSS.

poc