On 14-Apr-2015 12:31 -0500, Dean Eshleman wrote:
Has anyone else switched their newsgroup access to gmane.org yet?
This is my first attempt to reply using my new setup via gmane.
IIRC I had originally, years ago, used news.gmane.org for my NNTP
access to the email lists; if I did, I have no recollection why I did
that instead of directly accessing news.migrange.com. I do know that at
some point I had *both* news.midrange.com and news.gmane.org established
as accounts in my Thunderbird News\Email client; I followed whichever
was available after the other had burped\stumbled, and mostly I would
just perform a mark-newsgroup-as-read for the same group on the other
news server.
The last time I checked, the new COBOL group still was not listed in
the subscription-list nor is a page found; i.e. neither of
<
nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.ibmi.cobol> or
<
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.ibmi.cobol> are functional yet;
possibly awaiting completion of the import of the existing archive
<
http://gmane.org/import.php>.
Is the server name just "gmane.org" or is it something else?
news.gmane.org on port 119 is what I use <
news://news.gmane.org:119>
and the "From:" email address in the News client matches the email
address used to subscribe to the list(s) on <
http://lists.midrange.com>
TIA
Hopefully that was helpful. Perhaps additionally of value\interest,
FWiW, some snippets from <
http://gmane.org/> related [in]directly to
NNTP access:
<
http://gmane.org/post.php>
_Posting Messages_
"Gmane works as a bi-directional gateway for many of the lists it
carries. To post to a list, you can use the news interface or the web
interface.
...
People who do not have valid email addresses in their From or Reply-To
headers can't use Gmane to post to mailing lists.
*Please do not post test messages to any real groups*. The test messages
will, in all likelihood, be propagated to the mailing list, and you'll
look like a right berk. If you want to test, use the gmane.test group,
which works just the same way as all the real mailing lists.
Also see the _FAQ_ <
http://gmane.org/faq.php> for more information about
problems when posting.
..."
<
http://gmane.org/faq.php>
_Frequently asked questions_
"...
_Posting_
• What happens after I post to a Gmane newsgroup?
The Gmane auto-authorizer sends you an email.
• I didn't get any email.
Then the address you used in your From or Reply-To headers was
invalid. Use a valid email address. And you can't use a
"public.gmane.org" address when posting.
• But I did use a valid email address.
Perhaps you did in your From, but your Reply-To address pointed to
the mailing list. Don't do that.
,,,
_Gmane and the world_
...
• Can I read news via secure NNTP (nntps)?
Yes. Point your news reader towards nntps://news.gmane.org/.
• How do I link to a group on Gmane?
There are two addresses you can give.
nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.group.name: This is the newsgroup.
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.group.name: This is the web interface.
Use either or both.
..."
midrange.com
