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In article  <20080202.1356.1203snz@flashy.nut>
           sum1else@some.address "Ian" writes:

> pete@nospam.demon.co.uk wrote:
> 
> >
> > I've been thinking for ages of subscribing to news.individual.net
> > and the recent (and it would seem ongoing) problems with news.dcu
> > have accelerated that thought.  As this is a subscribed service,
> > I'm assuming there will be some sort of login/authentication
> > required -- is this easily configurable in GremNOS?
> >
> > Any hints/tips/experiences gratefully accepted.
> >
> > Pete
> 
> I used that server when it was free, with YAN.EXE (which I still use),
> and it was first class.
> I don't recall any difficulty in setting up my files for it, once I'd been
> given an authentication string.
> I believe there is a website where you can join and pay the sub, but I
> don't have it I'm afraid.

Hi Ian, as you might have noticed I am now up and running with 
n.i.n and must say that first impressions are excellent; a test 
post was returned in the same session in which it was posted!

> I may be suffering a terminal problem myself before long, as my ISP's
> smtp server is - or has been -  being altered in some way to prevent
> users' email addresses  and passwords being stolen when using smtp.
> 
> This is part of the e-mail sent to me  by the ISP whenever I send an
> e-mail with my old setttings:

[snip said part of email]

> The first bits,  about using a web tool are of no use to me.
> I have tried altering the AUTOEXEC.NET to conform with these settings,
> but I'm not too familiar with how that file works,  and rarely if ever do
> any major alterations beyond adding or removing servers and the like.

I think it's possible to explicitly define port numbers (which 
will override the defaults), but SSL will still be a problem I 
think :-(

> The 'ssl'  and 'port' bits are especially puzzling me.  So far any
> changes I've tried have resulted in a failure of  smtp and a return to
> the old settings, to send my mail. Which gets me another automatic
> message from the ISP.
> I need some expert advice on this,  which is not going to come from my
> ISP,  since they know nothing of DOS-based programs!

Perhaps someone else more savvy than I will reply.  One possible 
solution might be to use something like Thunderbird to collect 
and send email/news and to (somehow??) get this program to export 
an import the files suitable for unbatch and PCOak.  Might be a 
non-starter though.

Pete
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