Hi

I have noticed if we get the error "Could not connect to NNTP-server" the script still tries to post to the newsgroup. Would it be possible to edit the script so it doesnt try to post if it doesnt get a successful connection to the news server?

cheers

hi,

i have the problem that i set up one newsgroup in one forum for testing.

it works fine now it dont stop importing the news.
first i set the newgroup to inactive.
then i deleted the group.
then i delted the cronjob in crontab.

nothing works it is still importing like hell.
and it has still the same time. this time is hours ago.
looks like a nevernding poll of the gateway.php because the time didnt change. it is still the time when i started this the first time.

what can i do to stop this ?

thx

EDIT

all right, it seems that i found how to stop it.

i restarted apache2 webserver and now it stopped.

strange... :ermm:

exactly same problem for me.
all newsgroups are counted double.
normal forum threads just once.

and this is a clear, just one testpost, user- and hackfree (except this one) forum.
brand new installed.

Is there another way to exclude the usenet-posts from getnew instead of changing the getnew-param to
? We were informed by some users that they?ve encountered errorscausetheir browsers can?t handle the long version where everysingleforum-id is listed :ermm:

We import about 50 newsgroups in our forums and I would like tohavethem excluded likebut the string"...&exclude=120-140" won?t work. Anyone who couldshow me a quick?ndirty workaround ?

Any help appreciated.

I've been using the Usenet gateway on my vb2 forums - last sunday I did an update to vb306 at last. now i wanted to update the gateway hack too - and now I have a question - can I use this hack on existing usenet-forums within my site? Will the new hack recognize the posts and threads that are already stored on my usenet-forums and won't try to resend it to usenet groups?

I was curious as to how many different usenet newsgroup providers there were and how much they cost, so, Ive started a thread in the lounge entitled :

"What "Usenet" newsgroup provider do you use ?"

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=75232

It would have been nice to have seen this question / link in the F.A.Q. post of this thread.

You should be able to upgrade from v2 version automatically by opening up the two control panel pages once.

No the posts already exported will not be exported again.

Will include the link in the FAQ post. Perhaps you need to make it more clear about the usage of newsgroup provider, ie. using it with a forum gateway and link back to this thread. So that people know it is not just for private access.

If you have many newsgroup forums. You can put all your local forums under one main forum. Then you can use the main forum id in the URL just as we have done for the NNTP forums.

/search.php?do=getnew&forumid=1
(1 is the main forum id for all your local forums)

lierduh,

I'm still having my issue that I posted above. I can get posts to show up on my forums, and I can successfully post. I am using the Scheduled Tasks in vb and it works fine. However, all is working fine for only the first forum in the list. I'm currently using the following groups in this order:

24hoursupport.helpdesk
alt.privacy.spyware
microsoft.public.security
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

All groups are enabled, and are using a personal newshosting.com account I have set up with posting access. When gateway.php runs via the scheduled tasks, it hits the first group on the list, and updates it with the new posts from the NG. I have gateway.php set to hit the groups listed above every 15 min (I've played with different times, and nothing seems to work).

Any idea why only the first group in my list will update? I've even set the first group to disabled, which allows the 2nd group to update just fine and allow posting, however the 3rd group on down are not updated. It'd be a real pain to have to enable/disable groups manually.