Don't tell me you are running vB3.5 already. This hack is for vB3.0x.

Oh sorry, i hv not noticed the version..

Well, I think I hv to install 3.0.5 and then install your plugin.

will that work??

PS. r u working on the plugin ofr vb 3.5.0??

I got this error: while accessing gateway.pgp script as per instruction.

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.5:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE vb3_nntp_settings
SET value = WHERE varname = 'last_postid'

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE varname = 'last_postid'' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Monday 10th of October 2005 10:10:58 AM
Script: http://www.asiasrc.org/upload/gateway.php?debug=1
Referer:
Username: Unregistered
IP Address: 210.211.161.85

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any help??

I keep having issues with a few usenet users where the posts don't appear to decode correctly, although when I check with a newsreader it works fine.

It starts a new thread and puts 'No Subject' as the subject (which is the default behaviour if the gateway script cannot detect a subject), and puts the complete headers and text into the post (see below)

Any ideas? (I have replaced the email addresses with xxxx)

I noticed the post does not contain "From:" header. It is weird as the news server should not have accepted the post as the From: header is a must.

Everything appears to be working fine, but I did have this error when running nntp_settings.php

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7: Invalid SQL: ALTER TABLE post ADD ref TEXT NOT NULL mysql error: Duplicate column name 'ref' mysql error number: 1060

I ran it again and all appeared to be fine. I have loaded 665 threads and 3,314 posts from one news group.

This error displayed with the same results on my test forum (different domain, same server) as well as my main forum.

i have a strange issue.
one my forum i am fetching news articles for 5 groups.
i tried adding a 6th group and created a forum properly..

but messages are not getting imported into this newly created forum. can someone tell me why ?
i tried to run gateway.php in debug mode but i am unable to view the output :(

i tried to login to my news provider through telnet, this works absolutely fine.

need help. i cannot fix problem since last 5 days now

lierduh

Can you or anyone else tell me if its possible to propogate to two newsgroups from one vb forum?

I think it will pull in from two newsgroups but i dont think it will post to the relevant newgroups from internal posts on vb.

I did not want to create an additional forum so i might if its feasable only pull posts in from the two newgroups and not post out.

Can this be done?

Create Hack BTW, i have been tweaking it for months to fit into my site and it is working like a charm.

Cross posting is not supported.
Cross posting is generally regarded as bad practice by USENET community by the way.

Should not have this limitation.
What about disable one of two previous groups?

The script tried to add a table field but the table field 'ref' exited already probably due to previous installation.

Never heard from it again. The mod has been working flawlessly.

Any plans to support 3.5? If so, is it possible to share a timetable?

I noticed from the thread that many are already running 3.5, will this mod work on 3.5?

Thanks

Yes it is

Thanks for the quick reply, but can you clarify?
It is planned or currently works on 3.5
Thanks

how to make this working tu update more then one group ! ?

<b>Fatal error</b>: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in <b>/home/ocm/site/vhost/forum/includes/class_core.php</b> on line <b>2931</b><br />

Anyone got this running on vb3.5.3?

I tried installing it and whenever I run the admin functions I get an error message.

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/satellit/public_html/admincp/nntp_settings.php on line 48

@scottct1 you need to use this version for 3.5.3...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=92588

tried every possibility i could imagine, but still wont work for any new forum added :(
i am trying to add a new forum fetching news posts from a new newsgroup..

dunt know what is wrong

Ok, somehow I got it to work.
Problem now is that it will grab 10-15 posts in like 5 seconds and then it stops, refreshes the page and displays:

Another instance of gateway.php is running, try again in 30 minutes if the script was crashed.

Anyone else had this problem and can help?

Joe

I have no idea why, but all a suddent I've been getting this error message on gateway:
Could not connect to NNTP-server. (Connection timed out (110))

I use newshosting and just tried giganews. Getting the same errors. What could be causing this? I can login fine using a regular news reader.

Is anyone using this great mod with a free usenet service? I notice that several peple are using the paid for service at Giganews but is there a free news provider that would work ok with this hack?

TIA for your help.

If you're still interested you can send me a PM, so I can set up a testingaccount for you at news.tornevall.net

anyone running this with 3.6 yet?

Ignore this post, I'm running vB3.6.4 and shouldn't have posted here.

ok if someone could help and forgive my ignorance on this then i'd appreciate it.

I have installed the hack and have changed the settings in the admincp for the newsgroups. the bit that I'm stuck on is the server for the nntp.

Now say that I have a usenet group that i want to connect to "alt.uk.------"

What do I put in as the server. The example given in the readme is msnews.microsoft.com but surely it has to be something relevant to the alt.uk.----- group?

Do I have to find this from the person who started this usenet group?
Do I have to ask their permission to connect my vb forum to them?
Is the server value from them or a third party?
Is this something that I'll have to pay for?

Thanks for any help. I'm a complete beginner to this and so appreciate any help.

:surprised:

The server option refers to the USENET or NNTP server address.

Normally your ISP will have a newsgroup/usenet/nntp server for example my ISK Blueyonder, has a newsgroup server at the address: news.blueyonder.co.uk

If your ISP does not have a newsgroup server, then there are plenty of free servers on the internet, google for one. If that does not work then there are newgroup servers ran by commercial companys that charge for access to them.

You would put that server address into the server field.
You would put the newgroup such as rec.arts.anime.creative into the newsgroup/mailing list email.

See the attached .jpg for reference.

Thanks Sanjiyan,

I have tried looking for free nntp servers that I could use, but it really isn't that easy. When I start reading through their terms it becomes clear that linking to a vbulletin forum to pull and post messages isn't allowed.

I couldn't find any settings to put in for google either (although I regularly use the web to view usenet through google groups).

Can anyone tell me the settings for a free nntp server that would allow me to pull and post messages to and from my VB forum?

If I have to pay, can anyone recommend a server that is excellent value for use with vb?

Are there any pitfalls or things that I should think about when signing up with a commercial service?

Thanks.

I have just taken a look at Giganews.

Even paying for service with them seems to open the door to potential problems. Say that someone spams in my forum and this ends up on usenet through Giganews' service:

That could end up pretty pricey.

What is the way around this. What NNTP servers are people currently using this hack with?

Thanks.

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?