If you get the webdiscuss.test newgroup to work, then before trying your newsgroups, run this getlastmsg.php script. This will set the lastmsg of the groups in the database and will then make your script only get any new posts from that point on.

Whatever I do, it only says "1 group(s) gatewayed." but it does nothing... What I am trying atm is to get microsoft.public.msdn.general from news.microsoft.com. Could you try if it works for you?

Hi,

I've followed your instructions, uploaded the files from the 1st post, edited my database - everything appears to work, and I get the "1 group(s) gatewayed" message at the end, but the USENET threads are NOT imported in VB for some reason...

I'm not getting any error messages, it's just that the newsgroups threads are not being imported.

Any ideas?

Did the page continue to load after that?

This hack works great with public news servers, but when it comes to servers that need authentication, it doesn't seem to work.

I am using it on a server that requires authentication, and it works fine on that. There was a bug in the script that caused some authentication stuff to not work if the server didn't require authentication and one was set for the default server, then it'd try the one for the default server and fail.

It did not work for me. Not even a basic test nntp login script worked for it. I could, however, log in manually to the server, so that puzzles me.

OK I did this and I can get messages posted to the webdiscuss.tst group now, so I tried to get posted from my own isps newserver at news-text.blueyonder.co.uk

and this is where the problems start, I am gettiing no feedback and it locks up when the status progress bar in ie hits 50% and nothing else occurs, even left it for 10 minutes and it still didnt move.

it requires username and password to getonto the newserver also, so it does the same with or without the user/pass entered.

any ideas ? plus I am using the nntp.php that gives feedback and its not giving anything back either.

EDIT: Also locks up on my other ISPs nntp servr: news.blueyonder.co.uk again with or without user/pass.

yet if I delete the entreies to my own isp and move back to the webdiscuss server it works right away, but if I run it with my isps news servers it wont work just gives me a white screen.

Here's another nntp.php to try, I narrowed it down to where it was hanging on the microsoft server and this one fixes that, but yet it hangs elsewhere now. But it might work for you.

ok now all I get is this:

<br>
<b>Fatal error</b>: Cannot redeclare logging() in <b>/usr/home/wocsnet/public_html/nntp.php</b> on line <b>328</b><br>

then IE says done, no other feedback..