On 06/22/2011 09:45 AM, Jim Giner wrote: > Perhaps someone can tell me the secret to getting problem-free access to the > php newsgroups using OE. I have two other newsgroup servers configured in > OE which do not give me any difficulties at all. My setup for news.php.net > however gives me nothing but problems. Inability to connect to messages, > long delays during normal polling for new items that hangs up my normal mail > traffic, etc. Right now, OE indicates two new messages in the php.general > list, but I cannot download them at this time because OE says it cannot > connect (oops - just went to get the text of the message and now OE has been > able to connect). > > Some of the details of my config: > server name: php.new.net > port #: 119 > timeouts: 30 secs. > > nothing else in particular set up - same as my other "working" newsgroup > accounts. > > Thanks in advance. > > No secret. This has been happening to me every day for years using Thunderbird. It's a news server issue that has never been corrected. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php