You can do what I have done.

The forums that the nttp script uses on my site, are locked from anyone posting to them, as such the script puts posts into a locked forum, the registered users can not reply to them.

Another way of stopping them is via the nntp script settings under the admincp system.

It is called:

Send message to USENET
Default: 1. Set it to 0 if you do not want to send your local posts to the USENET

I have mine set to 0. So even if a user finds away of posting, the reply or post stays local to the forums, its not forwarded onto the news server.

As for a free news server, if your in the UK, then Blueyonder (www.blueyonder.co.uk) have one just search their site for usenet or newsgroup, also check your ISP, 99.999% of all UK based ISPs have some sort of news server they offer as part of the package.

Thanks Sanjiyan,

I think that I will do that. Just make posts get pulled from USENET and not have forum members posts go to usenet.

I don't really want to lock forums though.

I'm having another problem now.

Have signed up with tigernewsnet.com ($7.50 a month) I have the server, username and password details.

Now when I plug these into outlook, it downloads the usenet groups I visit - so it works there.

But when I plug these details into the admincp usenet options, I get the following error:

I'm not sure why permission is getting denied and whether it has anything to do with my website host, or if it is the nntp host - although I doubt this because outlook is pulling threads with the settings...

Can anyone help me with this error I described last post?

As mentionned all the settings work with outlook (sucking in groups with the tigernews settings) but I get the above error when I run the debug url.

Do I need to get my website host to open certain ports?

Any help really really appreciated. I'm spending too much time on my forum site at the moment!

Thanks

hi
i just installed this and it says its gatewayed but no posts are coming through
any ideas

and in english please as i am a newbie

i get that through debug mode. Originally it worked flawless and dumped in 100K posts over the course of a few days.

For some reason it has come to a stand still, a dramatic one.

I had added a few more areas, then disabled them. So now i have 2 populated feed areas and 1 empty. I have added 1 post to that area.

Any advice ?

anyone ? :o

Does this still work?

Works in 3.6.0 for me, to scared to upgrade to 3.6.8 :-s.

Mark

Unfortunately I don/t have access to 3.6 version since I'm new to vB. Hmnn Could I install 3.6 then use this script then upgrade to the latest version? ...

Anyone here using the lastest vB version and has this installed ?

Is it normal for it to take hours to populate on the first run? It is going really slow for me?