On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Does anyone have experience with setting up NEWSRDR to authenticate to my ISP's mail server, or is there a client out there for OpenVMS that supports this? This error message suggests that NEWSRDR does not.
I think you want to point it at your ISP's news server. :-)
Erm ...
The HECNet list is required to read my mind, didn't you know that? ;) ;)
That's what I get for sending out a message right before I turn in for the night ...
ISTR trying NEWSRDR about 10 years ago, but at that point my ISP didn't require a login for the news server (i.e. this was before they outsourced it). No clue on if it supports authentication or not.
Gotcha. It successfully connects, but gets confused when the news server wants authentication. I may try to find a copy of ANU News and try that. I was browsing around on c.o.v and saw that someone was able to patch NEWSRDR to do authentication - I may mail that gentleman directly and see if I cold acquire a copy.
Cheers,
Fred
At 8:29 PM -0500 11/12/08, Fred wrote:
Good evening:
I fetched NEWSRDR off of one of the Freeware distribution sites, and after configuring things, settings up logicals, etc ... an attempt to run NEWSRDR results in:
%NEWS-I-UPDATING, locating unread articles; please wait...
%NEWS-E-UNEXPRSP, unexpected response from server: "480 Authentication Required"
Does anyone have experience with setting up NEWSRDR to authenticate to my ISP's mail server, or is there a client out there for OpenVMS that supports this? This error message suggests that NEWSRDR does not.
I think you want to point it at your ISP's news server. :-)
ISTR trying NEWSRDR about 10 years ago, but at that point my ISP didn't require a login for the news server (i.e. this was before they outsourced it). No clue on if it supports authentication or not.
Zane
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Good evening:
I fetched NEWSRDR off of one of the Freeware distribution sites, and after configuring things, settings up logicals, etc ... an attempt to run NEWSRDR results in:
%NEWS-I-UPDATING, locating unread articles; please wait...
%NEWS-E-UNEXPRSP, unexpected response from server: "480 Authentication Required"
Does anyone have experience with setting up NEWSRDR to authenticate to my ISP's mail server, or is there a client out there for OpenVMS that supports this? This error message suggests that NEWSRDR does not.
Apologies if this is slightly off topic, but there's far less noise here than comp.os.vms - plus I don't have to wear my "asbestos underwear" here.
Cheers,
Fred
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Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
While rebuilding my collection of PDF files from BitSaver's archives I
came across a collection of items that state something about RSX and
DecNet. I am curious naturally if anyone on this list has ever met
such an oddity.
What is supposed to be the "oddity" about it?
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>ncp sho exec cha
Node characteristics as of 9-NOV-08 23:45:41
Executor node = 1.13 (MIM)
Identification = "RSX system at Update, Sweden", Management version = 4.2.0
Host = 1.13 (MIM), Loop count = 1
Loop length = 40, Loop with = Mixed
Incoming timer = 15, Outgoing timer = 30
NSP version = 4.0.0
Maximum links = 10, Delay factor = 32
Delay weight = 2
Inactivity timer = 30, Retransmit factor = 5
Routing version = 2.0.0, Type = Area
Routing timer = 300
Broadcast routing timer = 40, Maximum address = 1023
Maximum circuits = 1
Maximum cost = 1022
Maximum hops = 10, Maximum visits = 20
Maximum area = 63, Maximum broadcast endnodes = 32
Maximum broadcast routers = 5
Area maximum cost = 1022, Area maximum hops = 10
Incoming proxy = Enabled
Outgoing proxy = Enabled
Segment buffer size = 576
>
Hello!
While rebuilding my collection of PDF files from BitSaver's archives I
came across a collection of items that state something about RSX and
DecNet. I am curious naturally if anyone on this list has ever met
such an oddity.
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messages in English in the Moscow subway."
On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 03:16:03PM -0500, Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
While rebuilding my collection of PDF files from BitSaver's archives I
came across a collection of items that state something about RSX and
DecNet. I am curious naturally if anyone on this list has ever met
such an oddity.
DECnet was originally developed on RSX-11 (Phase I) and DECnet as of Phase IV
still runs on RSX-11. RSX-11 Cannot run Phase V, however.
-brian
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