Reuqest: A port of the NNTP newsgroup hack for VB3
 

Was wondering if someone had worked on or is working on a vb3 version of the NNTP newsgroup hack or some other variety.

thanks.

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This hack works but you need to substitute the gateway.php that's on page 44. I'm using it as well as a couple others.

Before I get started on this does the control panel it mentions in the first post work with it (VB3)?

Nope.

If you've got a copy of phpMyAdmin or something else to add database fields it's not necessary, though :)

Im just using update statements.

That works too :)

I've installed the NNTP gateway on my board, and I'm having more problems with the search index & with posts made on the forum not being sent back to the newsgroup... (see this post)

I'm really hoping to see some updates on this SOON!!!

I am experiencing the same problem with VB3... no posts going out to the newsgroup.

I think my cron job is somehow munted.

/home/cghaus2/public_html/forums/gateway.php?log=cron

Is that correct? I got the "log=cron" part from the 1st hack text file. All I kow right now is that nothing is going out to usenet and nothing new is coming in.

Is yours set up similar to mine with the scheduled task manager?

Mine is still broken if it runs via cron, but if I run it manually, it works like a charm... it has something to do with the global variables as far as I can tell.

I spent a full day working on it a couple of weeks ago, but haven't been able to finish it, or fix the problem. I do have it sending me an email when a post is made to one of the USENET groups on my site, so I know when I need to reset the post, and submit it manually...

I'll take another look at my script, and see if I can locate the problem...

However, I've downloaded and am using a completely different/updated set of classes for the NETNNTP and a few others related to the system, so some of my functions are renamed, and it's not looking anywhere near the same as it did when I started with the hacked hack.

I still love the hack though... I'm able to add valuable content to my site that otherwise wouldnt' be there... I've had over 150 new users in the last month and a half that have found the site through searches that linked to the newsgroup posts.

Great addition to any board that has related newsgroups.