Re: Newsreader

In article 1itt1hj.vf2iecp36c22N%, Jamie Kahn
Genet at wrote on 1/19/09 1:30 AM:

> Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In article 1itkn2z.1qdhe3rml1ddnN%, Jamie Kahn
>> Genet at wrote on 1/14/09 12:30 PM:
>>
>>> Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>> As a general comment, I have a difficult time figuring out how to set NG
>>>> Reader apps up. But beyond that, I found MacSoup's GUI just plain weird. It
>>>> puzzles me why a NG Reader can't be fashioned to behave more like an email
>>>> client.
>>>
>>> You're right that MacSOUP works differently than most email clients (it
>>> is also a very bare bones plain text email client as well as for
>>> Usenet), but it's not hard to get used to. ...
>> ...
>> ...
>>> Anyway - I'd start my reading MacSOUP's manual (from the help menu). If
>>> you need any more help just ask here.
>>>
>>
>> <SIGH>
>>
>> About a month ago I did download MacSoup and read the manual. I never did
>> quite understand it.
>>
>> Anyway, I (recently) set things up...at least I thought I did. I returned to
>> it today, to (once again) attempt to get my arms around how to use it.
>>
>> Apparently, I do have a bunch of newsgroup messages in each of my 3 newsgoup
>> windows (comp.mac.sys.system, .apps, and .hardware.misc), which confirms
>> that I had made at least some progress in terms of setting up an account.
>> So, before attempting to play with MacSoup some more while reading the
>> manual again, I decided to first download more messages (to bring the lists
>> up to date). However, when I clicked on _either_ "Connect to Server..." or
>> "Connect to Server" (the manual doesn't seem to mention the latter), after
>> about 5-10 seconds of "progress," I got a "481 Invalid credentials" error
>> message. I rechecked my Prefs‹>Settings‹> Servers, and everything seems to
>> be correct (see
>> <http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=macsoupsettingsri7.png>).
>>
>> Am I being thick-headed (that seems to be a recent trend), or is the problem
>> more substantial than that?
>
> Not sure, but I can tell you Gmail's SMTP server won't work as it
> requires a secure connection.

My understanding was that the SMTP server is not a big deal, unless you
actually want to use it to send email -- which is not my intent. Besides, as
I mentioned, I do have bunches of NG messages in my MacSoup database
already, which tells me that the settings did indeed work when I first
implemented them.

So...I guess I'm stuck.

> Your NNTP username seems rather long, but I suppose it could be.

Appearances can be (and in this case, actually _are_) deceiving: My NNTP
username is actually not long at all -- I simply x'd out much of the NNTP
Username field.


> "Connect to Server" (Command-Option-k) simply bypasses the usual dialog
> that pops up and uses the last settings.

OK...thanks.


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