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

[Ken Wright <wizard koalatyworks com>]

On Sun, 2020-11-01 at 10:31 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 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.

Perhaps I'm the one who should apologize.  To me, "newsfeed" means all
the newsgroups, not just the one.  If I'm mistaken in this, please
correct me!

Ken