> On Aug 29, 2026 6:27 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>> I tried with the settings according to the developer section and used
>> Thunderbird and flnews. What causes this?
>
> Hmmm Should work, works for me. I am using slrn and it works great
Strange, I wonder why it works for you but not for me.
On Aug 29, 2026 6:31 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
> On Aug 29, 2026 6:29 PM, yodabytz wrote:
>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:27 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>>> I tried with the settings according to the developer section and used
>>> Thunderbird and flnews. What causes this?
>>
>> Hmmm Should work, works for me. I am using slrn and it works great
>
> Strange, I wonder why it works for you but not for me.
are you using tls?
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Darth Yoda
"Debugging the galaxy, one bite at a time."
> On Aug 29, 2026 6:31 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:29 PM, yodabytz wrote:
>>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:27 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>>>> I tried with the settings according to the developer section and used
>>>> Thunderbird and flnews. What causes this?
>>>
>>> Hmmm Should work, works for me. I am using slrn and it works great
>>
>> Strange, I wonder why it works for you but not for me.
>
> are you using tls?
On Aug 29, 2026 6:32 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
> On Aug 29, 2026 6:32 PM, yodabytz wrote:
>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:31 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:29 PM, yodabytz wrote:
>>>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:27 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>>>>> I tried with the settings according to the developer section and used
>>>>> Thunderbird and flnews. What causes this?
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm Should work, works for me. I am using slrn and it works great
>>>
>>> Strange, I wonder why it works for you but not for me.
>>
>> are you using tls?
>
> Yes.
Try without tls?
--
Darth Yoda
"Debugging the galaxy, one bite at a time."
On Aug 29, 2026 6:34 PM, yodabytz sensed a disturbance and said:
> [quoted text trimmed to the last 100 words] On Aug 29, 2026 6:32 PM, yodabytz
> wrote:
>>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:31 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>>>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:29 PM, yodabytz wrote:
>>>>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:27 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said: I
>>>>> tried with the settings according to the developer section and used
>>>>> Thunderbird and flnews. What causes this? Hmmm Should work, works for me.
>>>>> I am using slrn and it works great
>>>>
>>>> Strange, I wonder why it works for you but not for me.
>>>
>>> are you using tls?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Try without tls?
I just checked the logs and tls is activily used
--
Darth Yoda
"Debugging the galaxy, one bite at a time."
> On Aug 29, 2026 6:27 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>> I tried with the settings according to the developer section and used
>> Thunderbird and flnews. What causes this?
>
> Server: news.rootbadger.com - Port: 563 - Security: SSL/TLS - Authentication:
> Required - Username: Their RootBadger username - Password: Their RootBadger
> account password - Connection type: NNTP - Posting server: Same settings -
> SPA/OAuth: Off
That's what I did. I guess I have o re-chek later.
> On Aug 29, 2026 6:30 PM, yodabytz wrote:
>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:27 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>>> I tried with the settings according to the developer section and used
>>> Thunderbird and flnews. What causes this?
>>
>> Server: news.rootbadger.com - Port: 563 - Security: SSL/TLS - Authentication:
>> Required - Username: Their RootBadger username - Password: Their RootBadger
>> account password - Connection type: NNTP - Posting server: Same settings -
>> SPA/OAuth: Off
>
> That's what I did. I guess I have o re-chek later.
Same settings and the test connection in Thunderbird gives me an error message.
On Aug 29, 2026 6:38 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
> [quoted text trimmed to the last 100 words] Aug 29, 2026 6:30 PM, yodabytz
> wrote:
>>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:27 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>>>> I tried with the settings according to the developer section and used
>>>> Thunderbird and flnews. What causes this?
>>>
>>> Server: news.rootbadger.com - Port: 563 - Security: SSL/TLS -
>>> Authentication: Required - Username: Their RootBadger username - Password:
>>> Their RootBadger account password - Connection type: NNTP - Posting server:
>>> Same settings - SPA/OAuth: Off
>>
>> That's what I did. I guess I have o re-chek later.
>
> Same settings and the test connection in Thunderbird gives me an error
> message.
Okay, let me look at your connection logs see wat is up
--
Darth Yoda
"Debugging the galaxy, one bite at a time."
On Aug 29, 2026 6:38 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
> [quoted text trimmed to the last 100 words] Aug 29, 2026 6:30 PM, yodabytz
> wrote:
>>> On Aug 29, 2026 6:27 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>>>> I tried with the settings according to the developer section and used
>>>> Thunderbird and flnews. What causes this?
>>>
>>> Server: news.rootbadger.com - Port: 563 - Security: SSL/TLS -
>>> Authentication: Required - Username: Their RootBadger username - Password:
>>> Their RootBadger account password - Connection type: NNTP - Posting server:
>>> Same settings - SPA/OAuth: Off
>>
>> That's what I did. I guess I have o re-chek later.
>
> Same settings and the test connection in Thunderbird gives me an error
> message.
Okay, so your client tried to use plain text on port 563, you auth failed 5 times so you got blocked out.. Do not use email, use Ch1ffr3punk
--
Darth Yoda
"Debugging the galaxy, one bite at a time."
> On Aug 29, 2026 6:38 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and said:
>> [quoted text trimmed to the last 100 words] Aug 29, 2026 6:30 PM, yodabytz >
>> wrote: > > > On Aug 29, 2026 6:27 PM, Ch1ffr3punk sensed a disturbance and
>> said: > > > > I tried with the settings according to the developer section
>> and used > > > > Thunderbird and flnews. What causes this? > > > - Server:
>> news.rootbadger.com - Port: 563 - Security: SSL/TLS - > > > Authentication:
>> Required - Username: Their RootBadger username - Password: > > > Their
>> RootBadger account password - Connection type: NNTP - Posting server: > > >
>> Same settings - SPA/OAuth: Off > > That's what I did. I guess I have o
>> re-chek later. > > Same settings and the test connection in Thunderbird gives
>> me an error > message.
>
> Okay, so your client tried to use plain text on port 563, you auth failed 5
> times so you got blocked out.. Do not use email, use Ch1ffr3punk
Sorry, stupid me, I used the wrong password, ouch!
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