[PLUG] Setting Up Thunderbird for Usenet

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Rich Shepard wrote:
>   I'm having problems setting up a laptop running Thunderbird-1.0.6 for
> Usenet access. It works just fine for mail, but something's missing for 
> news
> groups.
> 
>   The server name, news.aracnet.com, is there and it doesn't matter if 
> SSL is
> turned on or off. At one point I was presented with a dialog box in which I
> entered the username and the aracnet password. Still, no list of available
> newsgroups shows up.
> 
SSL should be off.
Authenticate with full email address and password.
news.aracnet.com
and if all else fails, call after 2:30pm for tech support.
:)

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>   I know that aracnet wants authentification, which I have for me in
> ~/.slrnrc, as "nnrpaccess ...". I don't know where to put the equivalent 
> for
> Thunderbird.
> 
>   Pointers and suggestions greatly appreciated.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Rich
>