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

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sun, 2020-11-01 at 12:54 -0500, Ken Wright wrote:
> 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!

On reflection, I don't think you're mistaken given the context. It's
been so long since I had any interaction with Net News that I'd
forgotten the terminology.

poc