[ale] Pan [newsreader] -> help in implementing a new news server

[James P. Kinney III]

Hi Courtney,

I have seen that happen when the news server is loaded down. Apparently
the process to authenticate and make the initial connection is expensive
to make so they limit the connections. Plus it seems like connection
attempts get tossed out for no good reason if they continue beyond a set
time frame.

Be sure the new server you are pulling from has been entered into the
Pan setup with the correct username and password info. 

On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 16:15 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> I've gotten a new news server and am unable to download it's list of ALL
> newsgroups.
> 
> What happens is: when I click on "download all groups", the modem blazes
> away, but when I examine the Task Mgr all I see is that the process is
> "queued" but not "running" and I don't get a list of all groups, even
> though the modem lights are furiously blinking.
> 
> I've left my old news server installed but have named the new one
> "default", changing the old one to a new name, other than default.
> 
> What am I missing here ?
> 
> Thank you,
> Courtney
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
-- 
James P. Kinney III          \Changing the mobile computing world/
CEO & Director of Engineering \          one Linux user         /
Local Net Solutions,LLC        \           at a time.          /
770-493-8244                    \.___________________________./
http://www.localnetsolutions.com

GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics)
<jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part