Bug 118395 - nntp accounts do not work within evolution
Summary: nntp accounts do not work within evolution
Status: VERIFIED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Evolution (show other bugs)
Version: RC 4
Hardware: Other All
: P5 - None : Major
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Assignee: Susarla Parthasarathi
QA Contact: Poornima Nayak
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Reported: 2005-09-22 14:04 UTC by Joe Harmon
Modified: 2008-05-22 18:19 UTC (History)
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Description Joe Harmon 2005-09-22 14:04:06 UTC 
I added a new account within evolution by going to Edit, Preferences and
clicking on Add. On the Identity screen a put in a user name and password. On
the Receiving Email screen I choose a server type of USENET news. I put in a
server name of support-forums.novell.com and I have tried with and without
authentication. In the  Receiving Options I chose to download every 5 minutes
and in the Sending Options I put in a server of imap.novell.com with the
appropriate credentials, setting the authentication type to Login and to use a
secure connection whenever possible. The nntp account just sits at a loading
state and never finishes.
Comment 1 Martin Sommer 2005-11-16 10:38:19 UTC 
not a blocker
Comment 2 Susarla Parthasarathi 2005-11-21 07:33:55 UTC 
Hi joe,
For support-forums.novell.com no authentication is required. So please do *not* give any user name(and password) in the configuration section (According to http://support.novell.com/forums/faq_nntp.html) there is no need for authentication and no secure channel.
After you add this account. Go to Folder->Subsricptions and select the configured NNTP account. You will be shown a list of all the forums that are available on the server. Chose one and clicking subscribe should show the account in the evolution.

HTH.
Comment 4 Joe Harmon 2005-11-21 19:33:46 UTC 
working for public forums