[lierduh]

I reserve this post position for support FAQ. This way it will be easily found and referred to.

If you have problem retrieving and posting messages, please make sure your web server can access the NNTP server.

If you have shell access to your web server either by telnet or ssh. You can test the server access using:

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First, ssh or telnet to your web server.

Then telnet the news server from your web server. For example:

[ns@mb eyoforums]$ telnet msnews.microsoft.com 119
Trying 207.46.248.16...
Connected to msnews.microsoft.com (207.46.248.16).
Escape character is '^]'.
200 NNTP Service 6.0.3790.1146 Version: 6.0.3790.1146 Posting Allowed
GROUP microsoft.public.access
211 13988 1 86055 microsoft.public.access
ARTICLE 86054
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ie. after telnet to the NNTP server by using "telnet msnews.microsoft.com 119"
type
GROUP group.name
then type
ARTICLE xxxxx

(xxxx is the post number)

You should get the whole article including the header. If the telnet does not even work. There is no point trying to fix the gateway.

You can do other things while you are under the telnet session. Type "help" will get a list of the commands you can use. To quit a telnet session, type push Ctrl key together with "]" without the quotes.

Server Crashed during the creation of gateway tables, now I am getting MySQL errors when open AdminCP interfaces

The best way to do when this happens is to delete both nntp_groups and nntp_settings tables. Open the AdminCP interfaces. These tables will be recreated by the AdminCP interfaces. Tables will also be upgraded to the latest version automatically.

It tries to download instead of displaying the contents on the screen when I run it manually

Please fix the Windows registry following the instruction here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=ie600

The gateway retrieves the messages our forums sent

This usually happens if the news server rewrite your Organization header, eg. to insert advertising etc.

Please set the "No Organization Check" to '0' without the quotes.

Which newsgroup providers do other forum owners use?

Please check out this thread:

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