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This hack has undergone many major changes since this thread was started. Consequently, most of the posts have become dated and of little use. To coincide with the latest major release (20010712), a new one has been started.

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Originally posted by Dontom

Can you already estimate when a next version will be released?
Thanks in advance

I've been really short of free time lately but I hope to get a new version out this weekend.

[antigravityboy]

Any hope that binary attachments will be in the new update. I am very excited about being able to add this feature to the bulletin board.

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Originally posted by antigravityboy
Any hope that binary attachments will be in the new update. I am very excited about being able to add this feature to the bulletin board.

I plan on having a very early test of it available. It will be an option in the CP. If you turn it on, I wouldn't risk using it on a production site just yet.

[antigravityboy]

Glad to hear you are already adding the option. I can imagine how it will have to be beta-runned with the alt.binaries groups though. Some of the groups have a ton of pictures and that would fill up the database really fast.
Thanks again for adding the option

[NgtCrwlr]

I'm setting up all usenet forums as moderated posting only so I can keep a close eye on the spam issue.

I've found that if I set a forum to moderated posting, newnews.pl does not check the moderator validated flag and will post to usenet even though the post is still pending validation.

Also, I am having problems with local reply posts not making it to usenet. I'm wondering if this could be related to the moderated posting only setting. I didn't have this problem when I was testing without moderated posting on previous version.

The threads MIS Test 1 and MIS Test 2 show local replies but the replies do not show on usenet, and MIS Test 3 is a post waiting validation and dose not show locally, but does show up on usenet.

http://www.mis-forums.com/vbbs/forum...php?forumid=67

news:alt.test.test

I hope you're making progress on the x-no-archive switch. That switch and moderated posting are the last pieces I need before opening the doors to usenet posting on our forums.

[Sinema]

Howdy,

I'm having a problem .. I can't figure out what it's supposed to do

I've installed it exactly like the instructions said..

I've added a newsgroup .. and directed to a forum .. but nothing

it says in the Use Net Options 61 posts . then I goto the main forum and nothing is there..

[NgtCrwlr]

Hi Sinema,

A link to your BBS may help in figuring this out.

Does the forum that you setup for your usenet posts show up empty, or not at all? Double check all of that forums CP settings and make sure that you have forum active checked yes.

That's about all I can come up with right now.

[Sinema]

<a href="http://kickme.to/buffybb/" target="_blank">http://kickme.to/buffybb/</a>

See it doesn't do anything...

I've created a forum called

alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer

and directed that newsgroup to go there..

but the forum you can see .. anything else is gone.

and I have no errors anywhere

I'm hoping I can get a set up like dBforums.com has .. now that is awesome :-)

except of course mine would be the alt.tv areas lol but that place is nice!

[Sinema]

Also I'm curious

Do I put my ISP info into the username and password slot to log into a news server?

I placed my ISP's news server in the default slot because I had no idea what to put there..

[NgtCrwlr]

After you installed this hack have you been able to display *any* vBulletin pages? If not you have to go back and figure out why... somewhere along the line you made a mistake that is not allowing vBulletin to work.

Even without posts in your usenet forum you should still be able to reach other forums and it looks like you can't so this is a more sever error you will have to backtrack to find.

For the main news server you can try your ISP and if your ISP requires login and password you must supply that too. The news server and password fields under the individual groups are for times when you want or need to pull news from different servers for specific groups that may not be available on your main news server. They can be left blank until you have a need.

Hope this helps... I'm out for the day, I need some sleep. Good luck!

Cheers!