If you access our forums via the NNTP interface, you need to make one little change as soon as possible in your reader to ensure continuity in using our forums. The essentials are outlined in item #3 in this section of our forum FAQ This has no effect on anyone using the web interface.
In a nutshell, you need to change the server DNS entry from forums.opensuse.org to nntp.opensuse.org as soon as you get around to it. After March 31st, 2013 the old server name will no longer work. In news readers tested, message pointers remained intact so it was no big deal to change.
WHY?
We’ve moved our NNTP servers out from behind our A10 switch, which was causing some problems with some readers. It was the A10 that allowed us to use the same DNS for HTTP and NNTP, hence the need for a new name in NNTP.
On 03/14/2013 10:06 PM, kgroneman wrote:
> In news readers tested,
> message pointers remained intact so it was no big deal to change.
apparently not the case if using Thunderbird 17.0.4 because after the
switch to nntp.<snip> i had to download again the headers…
[TBird is little brain dead in the way it deals with newsgroups…but
i like the consistent interface of a single app for mail, newsnet,
private nntp confab and openSUSE forums…so, it is pain i accept]
On 3/14/2013 4:06 PM, kgroneman wrote:
>
> If you access our forums via the NNTP interface, you need to make one
> little change as soon as possible in your reader to ensure continuity in
> using our forums. The essentials are outlined in item #3 in ‘this
> section of our forum FAQ’
> (https://forums.opensuse.org/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_nntp) This has no
> effect on anyone using the web interface.
>
> In a nutshell, you need to change the server DNS entry from
> forums.opensuse.org to nntp.opensuse.org as soon as you get around to
> it. After March 31st, 2013 the old server name will no longer work. In
> news readers tested, message pointers remained intact so it was no big
> deal to change.
>
> WHY?
> We’ve moved our NNTP servers out from behind our A10 switch, which was
> causing some problems with some readers. It was the A10 that allowed us
> to use the same DNS for HTTP and NNTP, hence the need for a new name in
> NNTP.
>
>
Does the username stay <username>@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org or does it
also change to <username>@no-mx.nntp.opensuse.org?
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:51:44 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:34:04 +0000, tb wrote:
>
>> Does the username stay <username>@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org or does it
>> also change to <username>@no-mx.nntp.opensuse.org?
>
> I believe it stays the same, but let me double check with Kim on Monday.
>
It just occurred to me that I can actually find that out without asking -
so I went and checked, and yes, it stays the same - no- mx.forums.opensuse.org.
On 2013-03-17 05:08, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:51:44 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:34:04 +0000, tb wrote:
>>
>>> Does the username stay <username>@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org or does it
>>> also change to <username>@no-mx.nntp.opensuse.org?
>>
>> I believe it stays the same, but let me double check with Kim on Monday.
>>
>
> It just occurred to me that I can actually find that out without asking -
> so I went and checked, and yes, it stays the same - no-
> mx.forums.opensuse.org.
Maybe it should change, for consistency. Or accept both forms.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:53:06 +0000, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> It just occurred to me that I can actually find that out without asking
>> -
>> so I went and checked, and yes, it stays the same - no-
>> mx.forums.opensuse.org.
>
> Maybe it should change, for consistency. Or accept both forms.
It’s a part of the gateway, and the parameter is set to the existing
value, and is single-valued.
No reason to change it, no need to change it - the address should match
what the forums use on the web-side (ie, no-mx.forums.opensuse.org) since
that’s what it’s matching the IDs with.
在 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:56:17 GMT, Jim Henderson
<hendersj@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> 写到:
> It’s the same server, so just changing the address should be
sufficient.
Hi, Jim,
How to ‘change’ the group address? cn has sub forums which names are
Chinese…
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:38:02 +0000, MargueriteSu wrote:
> 在 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:56:17 GMT, Jim Henderson
> <hendersj@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> 写到:
>> It’s the same server, so just changing the address should be
> sufficient.
>
> Hi, Jim,
>
> How to ‘change’ the group address? cn has sub forums which names are
> Chinese…
>
> I am on GroundDog the android app.
I don’t know that application, but there’s bound to be a server address
setting somewhere, just change it from “forums.opensuse.org” to
“nntp.opensuse.org”. That’s all it should take.
I’ve already done what you required so I can post through nntp to
English forums.
And I want to know how (if possible) to visit Chinese sub forums in
nntp. because the search can’t find opensuse.org.cn.community.* for
me and I can’t input that thing directly.
So I suppose Chinese sub forums are not available through nntp. As
someone said in staff area, local moderators should inform the change
to her users. But if users can’t use it at all, there’ll be no need
for me to inform them.
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:01:53 +0000, MargueriteSu wrote:
> 在 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:49:56 GMT, Jim Henderson
> <hendersj@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> 写到:
>> I don’t know that application, but there’s bound to be a server
> address
>> setting somewhere, just change it from “forums.opensuse.org” to
>> “nntp.opensuse.org”. That’s all it should take.
>
> seems we are talking two different topics…
>
> I’ve already done what you required so I can post through nntp to
> English forums.
>
> And I want to know how (if possible) to visit Chinese sub forums in
> nntp. because the search can’t find opensuse.org.cn.community.* for me
> and I can’t input that thing directly.
>
> So I suppose Chinese sub forums are not available through nntp. As
> someone said in staff area, local moderators should inform the change to
> her users. But if users can’t use it at all, there’ll be no need for me
> to inform them.
That’s a better discussion in the staff area - I don’t believe we’ve got
that set up, but if it’s desired by staff, we could ask Kim to configure
it for us.
On 03/18/2013 11:56 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:16:01 +0000, MargueriteSu wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Do I need to?
>>
>> Last night I login nntp, I only saw en/de/ru forums are available
>> through nntp.
> It’s the same server, so just changing the address should be sufficient.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
This is a test post. Just about 30 seconds ago I changed to nntp.opensuse.org, and it looked like everything was going to work fine
right away.
I am using Thunderbird 17.0.4 on openSUSE 12.3.
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On 2013-03-26 03:13, golson765 wrote:
> This is a test post. Just about 30 seconds ago I changed to
> nntp.opensuse.org, and it looked like everything was going to work fine
> right away.
Please, don’t.
There is a dedicated NNTP test thread in chit-chat, it is called “NNTP
Test Thread - Take II”. Use it for testing NNTP, not here.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
