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What is new with you Roger. Sorry, I couldn't help responding. <grin>

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Test reply to Dan's post - please ignore

 

Dan wrote:

> What is new with you Roger. Sorry, I couldn't help responding. <grin>

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I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful and

sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it seems to be

that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is blocked, either by

Verizon's servers, which are famous for blocking overseas email, or

news.microsoft.com's. Last post here for now - don't need the aggravation.

 

Dan wrote:

> What is new with you Roger. Sorry, I couldn't help responding. <grin>

Guest PCR

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"Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

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| I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful and

| sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it seems

| to be that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is blocked,

| either by Verizon's servers, which are famous for blocking overseas

| email, or news.microsoft.com's. Last post here for now - don't need

| the aggravation.

 

Ohhh-- too bad! We will miss you, Fink-- even half XP-irradiated as you

were!

 

| Dan wrote:

|> What is new with you Roger. Sorry, I couldn't help responding.

|> <grin>

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

Guest Dan

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Can you post through a free or paid Hotmail (aka Live) Microsoft email

account while using Internet Explorer 6? I am posting right now using

Windows 98SE and a paid yearly Hotmail (Live) email account. That is how I

now post and I like it even better than the newsreaders like Outlook Express

and Thunderbird newsreaders. It is worth $19.95 to me for no ads in the

Passport account and the other benefits that a paid email account from

Microsoft gives you.

 

"Roger Fink" wrote:

> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful and

> sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it seems to be

> that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is blocked, either by

> Verizon's servers, which are famous for blocking overseas email, or

> news.microsoft.com's. Last post here for now - don't need the aggravation.

>

> Dan wrote:

> > What is new with you Roger. Sorry, I couldn't help responding. <grin>

>

>

>

Guest Roger Fink

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PCR wrote:

> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

> news:%233OaB$15HHA.5844@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl

>> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful and

>> sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it seems

>> to be that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is blocked,

>> either by Verizon's servers, which are famous for blocking overseas

>> email, or news.microsoft.com's. Last post here for now - don't need

>> the aggravation.

>

> Ohhh-- too bad! We will miss you, Fink-- even half XP-irradiated as

> you were!

 

Thank your lucky stars you're not hooked up to a lie detecter gizmo. BTW, a

friend of mine uses XP because that's what came loaded on his ebay ThinkPad,

and that's the closest I've come to it. All your 98 problems go away with

W2K.*. Why, I can even print and watch a movie at the same time now.

(*replaced by W2K problems, of course)

>

>> Dan wrote:

>>> What is new with you Roger. Sorry, I couldn't help responding.

>>> <grin>

 

Newsgroup search of "problem with ATI Radeon 9800 Pro - please help" turns

up a 30 message thread in alt..comp..periphs..mainboard..asus (after

yesterday, trying to avoid url's here)

 

Dan, are you sure you aren't Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues

Again?

Guest PCR

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"Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

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| PCR wrote:

|> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

|> news:%233OaB$15HHA.5844@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl

|>> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful and

|>> sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it seems

|>> to be that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is blocked,

|>> either by Verizon's servers, which are famous for blocking overseas

|>> email, or news.microsoft.com's. Last post here for now - don't need

|>> the aggravation.

|>

|> Ohhh-- too bad! We will miss you, Fink-- even half XP-irradiated as

|> you were!

|

| Thank your lucky stars you're not hooked up to a lie detecter gizmo.

| BTW, a friend of mine uses XP because that's what came loaded on his

| ebay ThinkPad, and that's the closest I've come to it. All your 98

| problems go away with W2K.*. Why, I can even print and watch a movie

| at the same time now. (*replaced by W2K problems, of course)

 

Ooops! I apologize for confusing you with an XP-mutant! There are so

many around these days! I don't believe we have an uninfected MVP left!

I guess W2K isn't so bad, Fink-- I may even have a .dll from it! Yea,

I'm sure I do! OK, then. Glad your posting problem has abated. OK, bye.

Drop back in some day.

 

|>

|>> Dan wrote:

|>>> What is new with you Roger. Sorry, I couldn't help responding.

|>>> <grin>

|

| Newsgroup search of "problem with ATI Radeon 9800 Pro - please help"

| turns up a 30 message thread in alt..comp..periphs..mainboard..asus

| (after yesterday, trying to avoid url's here)

|

| Dan, are you sure you aren't Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis

| Blues Again?

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

Guest Roger Fink

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PCR wrote:

> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

> news:uGtlE2$5HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl

>> PCR wrote:

>>> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

>>> news:%233OaB$15HHA.5844@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl

>>>> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful and

>>>> sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it seems

>>>> to be that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is blocked,

>>>> either by Verizon's servers, which are famous for blocking overseas

>>>> email, or news.microsoft.com's. Last post here for now - don't need

>>>> the aggravation.

>>>

>>> Ohhh-- too bad! We will miss you, Fink-- even half XP-irradiated as

>>> you were!

>>

>> Thank your lucky stars you're not hooked up to a lie detecter gizmo.

>> BTW, a friend of mine uses XP because that's what came loaded on his

>> ebay ThinkPad, and that's the closest I've come to it. All your 98

>> problems go away with W2K.*. Why, I can even print and watch a movie

>> at the same time now. (*replaced by W2K problems, of course)

>

> Ooops! I apologize for confusing you with an XP-mutant! There are so

> many around these days! I don't believe we have an uninfected MVP

> left! I guess W2K isn't so bad, Fink-- I may even have a .dll from

> it! Yea, I'm sure I do! OK, then. Glad your posting problem has

> abated. OK, bye. Drop back in some day.

>

Well, actually I didn't kick myself outta here to quite the degree you've

portrayed it, but OK.

Roger, over & out.

Guest PCR

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"Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

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| PCR wrote:

|> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

|> news:uGtlE2$5HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl

|>> PCR wrote:

|>>> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

|>>> news:%233OaB$15HHA.5844@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl

|>>>> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful

|>>>> and sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it

|>>>> seems to be that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is

|>>>> blocked, either by Verizon's servers, which are famous for

|>>>> blocking overseas email, or news.microsoft.com's. Last post here

|>>>> for now - don't need the aggravation.

|>>>

|>>> Ohhh-- too bad! We will miss you, Fink-- even half XP-irradiated as

|>>> you were!

|>>

|>> Thank your lucky stars you're not hooked up to a lie detecter gizmo.

|>> BTW, a friend of mine uses XP because that's what came loaded on his

|>> ebay ThinkPad, and that's the closest I've come to it. All your 98

|>> problems go away with W2K.*. Why, I can even print and watch a movie

|>> at the same time now. (*replaced by W2K problems, of course)

|>

|> Ooops! I apologize for confusing you with an XP-mutant! There are so

|> many around these days! I don't believe we have an uninfected MVP

|> left! I guess W2K isn't so bad, Fink-- I may even have a .dll from

|> it! Yea, I'm sure I do! OK, then. Glad your posting problem has

|> abated. OK, bye. Drop back in some day.

|>

| Well, actually I didn't kick myself outta here to quite the degree

| you've portrayed it, but OK.

| Roger, over & out.

 

OK. Glad to hear it. OK, bye.

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Guest ... et al.

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Roger Fink wrote:

> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful and

> sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it seems to be

> that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is blocked, either by

> Verizon's servers, which are famous for blocking overseas email, or

> news.microsoft.com's. Last post here for now - don't need the aggravation.

 

I'm using a different news-service but for the last couple of

months i'm in the same predicament. I tested the URL-hypothesis

but that is not it for me .. it seems to bee the size of the post

that are the limit for me, some timing issue connecting to the

server.

 

;-/ I hope this is post is brief enough to get through.

 

 

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Please followup in the newsgroup.

E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.

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.... et al. wrote:

| Roger Fink wrote:

|

|> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful and

|> sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it seems

|> to be that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is blocked,

|> either by Verizon's servers, which are famous for blocking overseas

|> email, or news.microsoft.com's. Last post here for now - don't need

|> the aggravation.

|

| I'm using a different news-service but for the last couple of

| months i'm in the same predicament. I tested the URL-hypothesis

| but that is not it for me .. it seems to bee the size of the post

| that are the limit for me, some timing issue connecting to the

| server.

 

I don't know what that could be. Is there any error message? The only

item relating to size I can quickly think of is at...

 

"OE, Tools menu, Accounts, Select 'msnews.microsoft.com', Properties

button, Advanced tab"

 

What is in the "Break apart messages larger than" box? Mine is set at 60

KB, but the item is unchecked anyhow. So, I guess mine would not break

apart.

 

Here is its blurb... "Specifies to break up large messages, so that each

part is smaller than the file size indicated. Some older servers cannot

handle messages larger than 64 kilobytes (KB). By breaking large

messages into smaller messages, you ensure that the messages are

transmitted and received correctly."

 

| ;-/ I hope this is post is brief enough to get through.

|

|

| --

| Please followup in the newsgroup.

| E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.

 

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Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

Guest ... et al.

Guest ... et al.

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PCR wrote:

> ... et al. wrote:

>

> | Roger Fink wrote:

> |

> |> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful and

> |> sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it seems

> |> to be that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is blocked,

> |> either by Verizon's servers, which are famous for blocking overseas

> |> email, or news.microsoft.com's. Last post here for now - don't need

> |> the aggravation.

> |

> | I'm using a different news-service but for the last couple of

> | months i'm in the same predicament. I tested the URL-hypothesis

> | but that is not it for me .. it seems to bee the size of the post

> | that are the limit for me, some timing issue connecting to the

> | server.

>

> I don't know what that could be. Is there any error message? The only

> item relating to size I can quickly think of is at...

 

Using Thunderbird i get two messages when sending a message

fails. The first 'Send Message Error' with possible causes and

suggestions '.. unavailable or being refused .. please verify ..

settings ..', then a second 'Alert' simply stating 'Connection to

sever %news-server% timed out.'.

>

> "OE, Tools menu, Accounts, Select 'msnews.microsoft.com', Properties

> button, Advanced tab"

 

My problem is when i try to send (large/long) Usenet messages via

my regular news service provider (NSP), not via msnews.microsoft.com.

 

So therefor, eventually, did i change and post using

msnews.microsoft.com to finally being able to finish up our

'Avast! false alarm ...' thread. But i read, and occasionally

post to, newsgroups outside of the 'microsoft.*' hierarchy not

carried there.

>

> What is in the "Break apart messages larger than" box? Mine is set at 60

> KB, but the item is unchecked anyhow. So, I guess mine would not break

> apart.

>

> Here is its blurb... "Specifies to break up large messages, so that each

> part is smaller than the file size indicated. Some older servers cannot

> handle messages larger than 64 kilobytes (KB). By breaking large

> messages into smaller messages, you ensure that the messages are

> transmitted and received correctly."

 

I've tried different news-clients, same problem, and i've

[finally] updated to a more current version of Thunderbird, same

problem. But posting to another news-server, like

'msnews.microsoft.com.' with the same settings that fails to my

normal NSP do work (so far) so i /think/ it is a server-side problem.

 

This post is quite lengthy, and i'll try posting to my normal

NSP's server first, but i think i'll have to repost to another

one to get it out. Now just because i write this it'll probably

work .. well, we'll see.

 

 

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Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion.

 

Please followup in the newsgroup.

E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.

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.... et al. wrote:

> I've tried different news-clients, same problem, and i've [finally]

> updated to a more current version of Thunderbird, same problem. But

> posting to another news-server, like 'msnews.microsoft.com.' with the

> same settings that fails to my normal NSP do work (so far) so i /think/

> it is a server-side problem.

 

What is strangest to me at my current knowledge-level is that in

both cases i post using the same outgoing SMTP-server.

 

 

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.... et al. wrote:

| PCR wrote:

|

|> ... et al. wrote:

| >

|> | Roger Fink wrote:

|> |

|> |> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful

|> |> and sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it

|> |> seems to be that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is

|> |> blocked, either by Verizon's servers, which are famous for

|> |> blocking overseas email, or news.microsoft.com's. Last post here

|> |> for now - don't need the aggravation.

|> |

|> | I'm using a different news-service but for the last couple of

|> | months i'm in the same predicament. I tested the URL-hypothesis

|> | but that is not it for me .. it seems to bee the size of the post

|> | that are the limit for me, some timing issue connecting to the

|> | server.

|>

|> I don't know what that could be. Is there any error message? The only

|> item relating to size I can quickly think of is at...

|

| Using Thunderbird i get two messages when sending a message

| fails. The first 'Send Message Error' with possible causes and

| suggestions '.. unavailable or being refused .. please verify ..

| settings ..', then a second 'Alert' simply stating 'Connection to

| sever %news-server% timed out.'.

 

I know you also have avast! installed. Here is something of interest,

though it was a different error message (Socket Error: 10061). Can you

access the Properties of "%news-server%"...?...

 

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=1%3baction=display%3bthreadid=110%3bstart=0

.......Quote of AckAck................

Before I comment on this thread, I would like to thank the creators of

Avast for a great product and for making it free for those who cannot

afford it.

 

With reference to the error message when downloading emails - I was

having the same problem. I checked out the account configuration and

realised that one of the settings gets "corrupted" sometimes. The POP

and SMTP settings are always correct (127.0.0.1) but what changes is the

account name:

 

Instead of being:

 

email#pop.isp.com

 

It sometimes changes to:

 

email#127.0.0.1

 

That's when the problem arises - and it happens all of a sudden, I check

my email and everything is fine - 15 minutes later I check again and I

get this error message, I the have to go into the account configuration

to re-type the correct info to get it to work. I have Avast installed

for about a week but the problem has only started today.

.......EOQ of AckAck...................

 

AckAck spoke of the POP3 server Properties. But I have reason to believe

it may also apply to the news server too-- but I don't want to revisit

my own recent horror story! For me, I get to that this way...

 

""OE, Tools menu, Accounts, News tab, msnews.microsoft.com, Properties

button"

 

...., & the Account Name field is found in the Server tab. Here is my

whole Server tab...

 

Server tab...

1. Server name: 127.0.0.1

2. This server requires me to log on: Checked

3. Account Name: #msnews.microsoft.com

4. No password.

5. Remember password is checked.

6. Log on using Secure Authentication: Unchecked.

 

That is what it SHOULD look like after avast! gets hold of it. Avast!

appends that number sign (#) to the front of the name in the Account

Name box, & I do believe it changed the Server Name to what you see

there. That Account name seems to be the same as the News Account name

in the General tab...

 

General tab...

1. News Account: terabyteunlimited.com

2. Name: PCR

3. E-Mail Address: pcrrcp@netzero.net

 

HOWEVER, my other account has these names in those fields...

 

General tab...

1. News Account: terabyteunlimited.com

 

Server tab...

1. Server name: 127.0.0.1

2. Account name: #terabyteunlimited.com:1198

 

If that doesn't cure it, maybe report back with all of the Properties

settings in all tabs.

 

|>

|> "OE, Tools menu, Accounts, Select 'msnews.microsoft.com', Properties

|> button, Advanced tab"

|

| My problem is when i try to send (large/long) Usenet messages via

| my regular news service provider (NSP), not via msnews.microsoft.com.

|

| So therefor, eventually, did i change and post using

| msnews.microsoft.com to finally being able to finish up our

| 'Avast! false alarm ...' thread. But i read, and occasionally

| post to, newsgroups outside of the 'microsoft.*' hierarchy not

| carried there.

|

|>

|> What is in the "Break apart messages larger than" box? Mine is set

|> at 60 KB, but the item is unchecked anyhow. So, I guess mine would

|> not break apart.

|>

|> Here is its blurb... "Specifies to break up large messages, so that

|> each part is smaller than the file size indicated. Some older

|> servers cannot handle messages larger than 64 kilobytes (KB). By

|> breaking large messages into smaller messages, you ensure that the

|> messages are transmitted and received correctly."

|

| I've tried different news-clients, same problem, and i've

| [finally] updated to a more current version of Thunderbird, same

| problem. But posting to another news-server, like

| 'msnews.microsoft.com.' with the same settings that fails to my

| normal NSP do work (so far) so i /think/ it is a server-side problem.

 

The settings are individual per NG. Try to get the other to look like

this one that works.

 

| This post is quite lengthy, and i'll try posting to my normal

| NSP's server first, but i think i'll have to repost to another

| one to get it out. Now just because i write this it'll probably

| work .. well, we'll see.

 

It could be that name field intermittantly will revert to being correct,

& it has nothing to do with the size of the post at all.

 

| --

| Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion.

|

| Please followup in the newsgroup.

| E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

Guest PCR

Guest PCR

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.... et al. wrote:

| ... et al. wrote:

|

|> I've tried different news-clients, same problem, and i've [finally]

|> updated to a more current version of Thunderbird, same problem. But

|> posting to another news-server, like 'msnews.microsoft.com.' with the

|> same settings that fails to my normal NSP do work (so far) so i

|> /think/ it is a server-side problem.

|

| What is strangest to me at my current knowledge-level is that in

| both cases i post using the same outgoing SMTP-server.

 

Here ALL my settings, .. et al.-- & these work! Remember, as I said in

my other post, it is the Account Name in the Servers tab that AckAck

said intermittently will get corrupt. And I have sad reason to believe

he is correct-- but it has only happened to me once so far! I LOST all

access to E-Mail & newsgroups with error messages similar to yours.

These are what the settings look like after avast! has made its changes,

IF you have given it control of your E-Mail...

 

This is what happens after "START button, Programs, avast! Antivirus,

Mail Protection Wizard"...

 

(a) "OE, Tools menu, Accounts, Mail tab, Properties button"

(b) At the General tab...

1. Mail Account box: pcrrcp@netzero.net (Mail)".

2. Name box: PCR

3. E-Mail address: pcrrcp@netzero.net

4. Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing:

Checked

© At the Servers tab...

1. Incoming mail (POP3): 127.0.0.1

2. Outgoing mail (SMTP): 127.0.0.1

3. Account Name: pcrrcp#pop.netzero.net

4. Password: (asterisks show)

5. Remember password: Checked.

6. Log on using Secure Authentication: Unchecked.

7. My server requires authentication: Checked.

(d) At the Connection tab...

1. Always Connect To This Account Using: Unchecked.

(e) At the Security tab...

1. Algorithm: 3DES.

2. Nothing else is entered.

(e) At the Advanced tab...

1. Outgoing Mail (SMTP): 25.

2. Incoming Mail (POP3): 110.

3. No box is checked.

 

I'm not sure the following also happens from the Mail Protection Wizard;

HOWEVER, it does look like avast! has its hand in here too...!...

 

"OE, Tools menu, Accounts, News tab, msnews.microsoft.com, Properties

button"

 

General tab...

1. News Account: msnews.microsoft.com

2. Name: PCR

3. E-Mail Address: pcrrcp@netzero.net

4. Include this account when checking for new messages: Checked

 

Server tab...

1. Server name: 127.0.0.1

2. This server requires me to log on: Checked

3. Account name: #msnews.microsoft.com

4. Password: Blank.

5. Remember password: Checked.

6. Log on using Secure Authentication: Unchecked.

 

Connection tab...

1. Always connect to this account using: Unchecked

 

Advanced tab...

1. News (NNTP): 119.

2. Use newsgroup descriptions: Checked.

4. All other boxes: Unchecked.

 

 

"OE, Tools menu, Accounts, News tab, terabyteunlimited.com, Properties

button"

 

General tab...

1. News Account: terabyteunlimited.com

2. Name: PCR

3. E-Mail Address: pcrrcp@netzero.net

4. Include this account when checking for new messages: Checked

 

Server tab...

1. Server name: 127.0.0.1

2. Account name: #terabyteunlimited.com:1198

3. No password.

4. Remember password: Checked.

5. Log on using Secure Authentication: Unchecked.

 

Connection tab...

1. Always connect to this account using: Unchecked

 

Advanced tab...

1. News (NNTP): 119.

2. All boxes are unchecked.

Guest PCR

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PCR wrote:

| ... et al. wrote:

|| ... et al. wrote:

||

||> I've tried different news-clients, same problem, and i've [finally]

||> updated to a more current version of Thunderbird, same problem. But

||> posting to another news-server, like 'msnews.microsoft.com.' with

||> the same settings that fails to my normal NSP do work (so far) so i

||> /think/ it is a server-side problem.

||

|| What is strangest to me at my current knowledge-level is that in

|| both cases i post using the same outgoing SMTP-server.

|

| Here ALL my settings, .. et al.-- & these work! Remember, as I said in

| my other post, it is the Account Name in the Servers tab that AckAck

| said intermittently will get corrupt. And I have sad reason to believe

| he is correct-- but it has only happened to me once so far! I LOST all

| access to E-Mail & newsgroups with error messages similar to yours.

| These are what the settings look like after avast! has made its

| changes, IF you have given it control of your E-Mail...

|

| This is what happens after "START button, Programs, avast! Antivirus,

| Mail Protection Wizard"...

|

| (a) "OE, Tools menu, Accounts, Mail tab, Properties button"

| (b) At the General tab...

| 1. Mail Account box: pcrrcp@netzero.net (Mail)".

| 2. Name box: PCR

| 3. E-Mail address: pcrrcp@netzero.net

| 4. Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing:

| Checked

| © At the Servers tab...

| 1. Incoming mail (POP3): 127.0.0.1

| 2. Outgoing mail (SMTP): 127.0.0.1

| 3. Account Name: pcrrcp#pop.netzero.net

| 4. Password: (asterisks show)

| 5. Remember password: Checked.

| 6. Log on using Secure Authentication: Unchecked.

| 7. My server requires authentication: Checked.

| (d) At the Connection tab...

| 1. Always Connect To This Account Using: Unchecked.

| (e) At the Security tab...

| 1. Algorithm: 3DES.

| 2. Nothing else is entered.

| (e) At the Advanced tab...

| 1. Outgoing Mail (SMTP): 25.

| 2. Incoming Mail (POP3): 110.

| 3. No box is checked.

|

| I'm not sure the following also happens from the Mail Protection

| Wizard; HOWEVER, it does look like avast! has its hand in here

| too...!...

|

| "OE, Tools menu, Accounts, News tab, msnews.microsoft.com, Properties

| button"

|

| General tab...

| 1. News Account: msnews.microsoft.com

| 2. Name: PCR

| 3. E-Mail Address: pcrrcp@netzero.net

| 4. Include this account when checking for new messages: Checked

|

| Server tab...

| 1. Server name: 127.0.0.1

| 2. This server requires me to log on: Checked

| 3. Account name: #msnews.microsoft.com

| 4. Password: Blank.

| 5. Remember password: Checked.

| 6. Log on using Secure Authentication: Unchecked.

|

| Connection tab...

| 1. Always connect to this account using: Unchecked

|

| Advanced tab...

| 1. News (NNTP): 119.

| 2. Use newsgroup descriptions: Checked.

| 4. All other boxes: Unchecked.

|

|

| "OE, Tools menu, Accounts, News tab, terabyteunlimited.com, Properties

| button"

|

| General tab...

| 1. News Account: terabyteunlimited.com

| 2. Name: PCR

| 3. E-Mail Address: pcrrcp@netzero.net

| 4. Include this account when checking for new messages: Checked

|

| Server tab...

| 1. Server name: 127.0.0.1

| 2. Account name: #terabyteunlimited.com:1198

| 3. No password.

| 4. Remember password: Checked.

| 5. Log on using Secure Authentication: Unchecked.

|

| Connection tab...

| 1. Always connect to this account using: Unchecked

|

| Advanced tab...

| 1. News (NNTP): 119.

| 2. All boxes are unchecked.

 

UPDATE...

 

It is IMPORTANT to CLOSE your mail & news reader(s) after making any

change to those settings! (I haven't found a way to make a change

without having OE open first.) I was getting the SAME OLD HORRIBLE

"Socket error: 10061"-- UNTIL I did close & reopen OE after making a

simple change there!

 

And THAT could be how I suffered the problem in the first place! I took

an update to avast! (the program-- not just the virus definitions), & I

continued to use OE afterwards. I think I should have shut OE & done the

required reboot!

 

Subsequently, I did do it that way, & all was well. In avast!'s About

box, I am now... avast! 4.7 Home Edition, Build Sep2007 (4.7.1043).

Guest ... et al.

Guest ... et al.

Posted
Posted

Re: Test Worked

 

Re: Test Worked

 

PCR wrote:

> ... et al. wrote:

> | PCR wrote:

> |

> |> ... et al. wrote:

> | >

> |> | Roger Fink wrote:

> |> |

> |> |> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful

> |> |> and sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to it

> |> |> seems to be that if I include a URL, long or short, the post is

> |> |> blocked, either by Verizon's servers, which are famous for

> |> |> blocking overseas email, or news.microsoft.com's. Last post here

> |> |> for now - don't need the aggravation.

> |> |

> |> | I'm using a different news-service but for the last couple of

> |> | months i'm in the same predicament. I tested the URL-hypothesis

> |> | but that is not it for me .. it seems to bee the size of the post

> |> | that are the limit for me, some timing issue connecting to the

> |> | server.

> |>

> |> I don't know what that could be. Is there any error message? The only

> |> item relating to size I can quickly think of is at...

> |

> | Using Thunderbird i get two messages when sending a message

> | fails. The first 'Send Message Error' with possible causes and

> | suggestions '.. unavailable or being refused .. please verify ..

> | settings ..', then a second 'Alert' simply stating 'Connection to

> | sever %news-server% timed out.'.

>

> I know you also have avast! installed. Here is something of interest,

> though it was a different error message (Socket Error: 10061). Can you

> access the Properties of "%news-server%"...?...

>

> http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=1%3baction=display%3bthreadid=110%3bstart=0

 

Thanks for your concern and suggestions PCR. I've read all the

three last posts and checked the link above.

 

However, i'm using AntiVir not Avast, and it does not have and

proxy-hooks into the E-mail or News-clients i've tested now. Even

so, during testing i deactivated it's on-access guard and i

closed my software firewall, and doing both without any change in

behavior.

 

I'll have to get around to see if my ISP have any support-person

that knows what Usenet/News is and if they can look into it. When

i first read the Roger Fink post, that i made my followup post

to, it suddenly hit me that my short test-posts that had worked

was without links and my longer content-posts may have had URL's

in them .. but rereading it i now i see that Roger have problems

posting to two different servers while i only have with one .. so

beyond problems to post there were really no similarities .. so i

shouldn't have made my first post to this thread. ;-/

 

 

--

Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion.

 

Please followup in the newsgroup.

E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.

Guest PCR

Guest PCR

Posted
Posted

Re: Test Worked

 

Re: Test Worked

 

.... et al. wrote:

| PCR wrote:

|> ... et al. wrote:

|> | PCR wrote:

|> |

|> |> ... et al. wrote:

|> | >

|> |> | Roger Fink wrote:

|> |> |

|> |> |> I'm trying to post to this newsgroup. Sometimes I'm successsful

|> |> |> and sometimes not, but mostly not. The only rhyme or reason to

|> |> |> it seems to be that if I include a URL, long or short, the

|> |> |> post is blocked, either by Verizon's servers, which are famous

|> |> |> for blocking overseas email, or news.microsoft.com's. Last

|> |> |> post here for now - don't need the aggravation.

|> |> |

|> |> | I'm using a different news-service but for the last couple of

|> |> | months i'm in the same predicament. I tested the URL-hypothesis

|> |> | but that is not it for me .. it seems to bee the size of the

|> |> | post that are the limit for me, some timing issue connecting to

|> |> | the server.

|> |>

|> |> I don't know what that could be. Is there any error message? The

|> |> only item relating to size I can quickly think of is at...

|> |

|> | Using Thunderbird i get two messages when sending a message

|> | fails. The first 'Send Message Error' with possible causes and

|> | suggestions '.. unavailable or being refused .. please verify ..

|> | settings ..', then a second 'Alert' simply stating 'Connection to

|> | sever %news-server% timed out.'.

|>

|> I know you also have avast! installed. Here is something of interest,

|> though it was a different error message (Socket Error: 10061). Can

|> you access the Properties of "%news-server%"...?...

|>

|>

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=1%3baction=display%3bthreadid=110%3bstart=0

|

| Thanks for your concern and suggestions PCR. I've read all the

| three last posts and checked the link above.

|

| However, i'm using AntiVir not Avast, and it does not have and

| proxy-hooks into the E-mail or News-clients i've tested now. Even

| so, during testing i deactivated it's on-access guard and i

| closed my software firewall, and doing both without any change in

| behavior.

|

| I'll have to get around to see if my ISP have any support-person

| that knows what Usenet/News is and if they can look into it. When

| i first read the Roger Fink post, that i made my followup post

| to, it suddenly hit me that my short test-posts that had worked

| was without links and my longer content-posts may have had URL's

| in them .. but rereading it i now i see that Roger have problems

| posting to two different servers while i only have with one .. so

| beyond problems to post there were really no similarities .. so i

| shouldn't have made my first post to this thread. ;-/

 

OK. Those E-Mail & NG settings are tricky to deal with. No matter what

your virus scanner is-- ensure you close E-Mail & NG access apps, after

you make a change to them (if those had to be open to make the change).

Otherwise, you may end up with socket errors!

 

I guess, as a last recourse-- remove the faulty NG Account & add it

back. Maybe that will get it. In OE, I can do that by R-Clkng the

account in the left pane. Make sure you get its Properties first-- so

that you know what to enter to get it back!

 

| --

| Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion.

|

| Please followup in the newsgroup.

| E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

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