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I have resolved that error by correcting the forum variable with an ID as read in the readme.

Now I am receiving...

1 group(s) gatewayed.
Logging in to news.comcast.giganews.com, group xxx.xxxx.xxx
Posting Message from FluxForums: 500 syntax error or unknown command
Posting Message from FluxForums: 480 authentication required
Posting Message from FluxForums: 500 syntax error or unknown command

And neither threads are exported (which I dont mind) to the newsgroup or threads imported (which of course I would like). This occurs in other newgroups within giganews.com server as well.

BTW: These are direct copy and paste names that I have verified to work in my Outlook Express so I am not sure why the authentication error is comming up.

I am running VB3 RC3

*NOTE: I believe I found the answer to this on Page 12 of this thread. It looks like giga does not allow access outside its networks. I will signup for another usenet provider and try it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fluxforums

I have installed this hack along with the VB3 RC2 gateway upgrade along with ALTER TABLE post ADD ref TEXT NOT NULL;

My nntp_groups reflect....

biz.marketplace.web-design varchar(200) No
General Web Design varchar(32) No 0
prefix varchar(255) No
lastmsg int(11) No 0
news.comcast.giganews.com varchar(64) Yes NULL
xxxxxx varchar(32) Yes NULL
yyyyyy varchar(32) Yes NULL
enabled int(11) No 1

When running....
http://etcetc/gateway.php I receive...

0 group(s) gatewayed.

Am I missing something rudimentary here?

Bingo!

Now if only I can figure out why the thread and post count has updated but I do not see the actual threads in the forum.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fluxforums

Changed the forums viewing age. Good to go.

Is there a way to prevent threads from being exported into a newsgroup?

Quote:

Originally Posted by fluxforums

Bingo!

Now if only I can figure out why the thread and post count has updated but I do not see the actual threads in the forum.

Also, is there a way to prevent threads from being imported into a newsgroup?

Is there another way to run the gateway.php script? I've ran it on my webhost and it basically kills the server. Sucks up all the RAM and CPU usage.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fluxforums

Changed the forums viewing age. Good to go.

Is there a way to prevent threads from being exported into a newsgroup?

Nope. I'm afraid there isn't.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cluster One

Is there another way to run the gateway.php script? I've ran it on my webhost and it basically kills the server. Sucks up all the RAM and CPU usage.

It shouldn't be too bad once the newsgroups are synchronized. Have you got all the messages in the group or are you still trying to fill up the forum with older posts?

I run my gateway against one group that gets maybe 200 posts a day - my cron job runs every ten minutes. It doesn't work my server all that hard but of course, YMMV.

I set the last message to only get the last 30 days worth of posts from the groups, doubt anyone is going to read a message that was posted on 6/2/2003 anyways.

I installed the script, I run in it mozilla and all it says is this:

2 group(s) gatewayed.
Logging in to news.usenetserver.com, group alt.tv.angel
Logging in to news.usenetserver.com, group alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer

Nothing happens after that, it just sits there. I've even left it like that for over an hour.

Look on page 24, Cluster One - there's a version of nntp.php that does verbose output - maybe you can use that to determine where the problem is. It's in post #351.

Good luck!

group(s) gatewayed.
200 Powered by Usenet Server -- fe13 -- http://www.usenetserver.com/ (Tornado v1.0.5.353)
381 More Authentication Required
480 Authentication Required
Logging in to news.usenetserver.com, group alt.tv.angel
200 Powered by Usenet Server -- fe13 -- http://www.usenetserver.com/ (Tornado v1.0.5.353)
381 More Authentication Required
480 Authentication Required
Logging in to news.usenetserver.com, group alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer

Thanks for the help, but still it says 480 Authentication Required, but I have my login/pass setup correctly in the SQL database? Any other ideas?

I attached an image of my configuration.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cluster One

Maybe - it sounds to me like the news server isn't getting your password. Check this out -

http://www.mibsoftware.com/userkt/nntpext/0032.htm

Code:

    AUTHINFO USER username

    AUTHINFO PASS password



    The original AUTHINFO is used to identify a specific entity

    to the server using a simple username/password combination.

    It first appeared in the UNIX reference implementation.



    When authorization is required, the server will send a 480

    response requesting authorization from the client. The

    client must enter AUTHINFO USER followed by the username.

    Once sent, the server will cache the username and may send

    a 381 response requesting the password associated with that

    username. Should the server request a password using the 381

    respose, the client must enter AUTHINFO PASS followed by

    a password and the server will then check the authentication

    database to see if the username/password combination is valid.

    If the combination is valid or if no password is required,

    the server will return a 281 response. The client should then

    retry the original command to which the server responded with

    the 480 response. The command should then be processed by

    the server normally. If the combination is not valid, the server

    will return a 502 response.



    Clients must provide authentication when requested by the server.

    It is possible that some implementations will accept authentication

    information at the beginning of a session, but this was not the

    original intent of the specification. If a client attempts to

    reauthenticate, the server may return 482 response indicating

    that the new authentication data is rejected by the server.

    The 482 code will also be returned when the AUTHINFO commands

    are not entered in the correct sequence (like two AUTHINFO

    USERs in a row, or AUTHINFO PASS preceding AUTHINFO USER).



    All information is passed in cleartext.



    When authentication succeeds, the server will create an email

    address for the client from the user name supplied in the

    AUTHINFO USER command and the hostname generated by a reverse

    lookup on the IP address of the client. If the reverse lookup

    fails, the IP address, represented in dotted-quad format, will

    be used. Once authenticated, the server shall generate a Sender:

    line using the email address provided by authentication if it

    does not match the client-supplied From: line. Additionally,

    the server should log the  event, including the email address

    This will provide a means by which subsequent statistics generation

    can associate newsgroup references with unique entities - not

    necessarily by name.



3.1.1.1 Responses



        281 Authentication accepted

        381 More authentication information required

        480 Authentication required

        482 Authentication rejected

        502 No permission

Hope that helps a little -

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