Graphical Interface for the NNTP Gateway

Current version is 1.2

You can always download the newest version in the first post.

This hack will allow you to administrate the NNTP Gateway hack created by Gilby via the Admin CP. This is version 1.1 and will work for NNTP Gateway version 1.8 and 1.9. It will NOT work for 1.7 and earlier.

It is tested with vBulletin 2.2.2 and vBulletin 2.2.4. It may work with 2.0.x, it may not.

For installation instructions please read the install.txt in the zip file.

I created a new thread to make sure I can answer your questions easier. So please do NOT Email, PM or ICQ me about this hack - you will be ignored.

Changelog

Version 1.2 (06.04.2002)
- fixed bug in nntpgateway.php that caused a reset of the last message id when editing a newsgroup

Version 1.1 (28.03.2002)
- Fixed bug in the gateway.php changes causing class.POP3.php3 not beeing included properly when calling via CP

[groovesalad]

Man, I can't get mine to work. It says 1 group gatewayed, but nothing showed up in the forums. How did everyone else get this to work?

[alesis404]

have you tried changing the starting post thing from "0" to something else? I thought I had to do this to get it to work...worth a try.

*Try and download the group with outlook express or some other news reader, if it works pick a message from last week...right click and look in properties for the <message id>...use that number to start at and should download all messages from that post till current, mine just seemed to work and downloaded really fast so i kept going back further and further downloading posts in chunks

[alesis404]

Problem resolved

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...&pagenumber=23

Instead of code in (post #344) I used the code in (post #345) by patvdv, works great!

[GameCrash]

@ groovesalad

You can specify usernamen and password in the interface. If this does not work, I think this is a problem with the original gateway hack and you should ask over at its thread...

[groovesalad]

07-03-03 at 12:25 AM alesis404 said this in Post #72
have you tried changing the starting post thing from "0" to something else? I thought I had to do this to get it to work...worth a try.

*Try and download the group with outlook express or some other news reader, if it works pick a message from last week...right click and look in properties for the <message id>...use that number to start at and should download all messages from that post till current, mine just seemed to work and downloaded really fast so i kept going back further and further downloading posts in chunks

what group are you downloading? Maybe my group is messed up. When I look at the Message ID, I get this kind of number : Message-ID: <bcrhci$5o0$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu>

That doesn't seem correct.

Also, when you syncronize in the Admin CP, what does it say for you?

[alesis404]

groovesalad, try looking for a line something like this...

Xref: pd2nf1so.xxx.xxxxx.xxx alt.satellite.tv.crypt:30168601

**Note the number on the very end of the line...thats the message ID of that current message, alt.satellite.tv.crypt was the group I used for testing.

The "X's" are my provider

**Below is what I see doing a manual syncrinization from the CP, note for newsgroup I am using my ISP's new service...most offer them for free and no password is needed...ask you provider if they offer newsgroups and use there service and then you wont need to use a username/password

In the example below you can see it logs into the first group, grabs 2 new messages and then logs into the second group and it doesnt grab no new messages from the second group

==========================================

2 group(s) gatewayed.
Logging in to news.xxxxxxxx.com, group alt.xxxxxx.xxxx
Getting message number 30802625: New thread; 'Checking something - don't read' from Zap
Getting message number 30802626: Thread found; 'Re: More on T3' from lawdogjr
Logging in to news.xxxxxx.com, group alt.satellite.tv.crypt

==========================================

**Note if I started download and knew the last message was 30168601 , then I would change this to something like 25068601 and then 20168601 through phpmyadmin and download it in chunks *instead* of attempting to download them all at once by changing to "1"...try to decrease that number a bit at a time and note that everytime you go back to phpmyadmin *after* you do this the number will change back to the last message count...in this example 30168601, keep decreasing in large chunks and eventually you'll find you can't download nothing but the newest messages...this is what worked for me anyways and not sure how others did this.

[groovesalad]

Well, I tried this by pulling messages from a pop server, everything worked fine, but when I try this with a listgroup, all I get is this:

1 group(s) gatewayed.
Logging in to news.comcast.giganews.com, group alt.satellite.tv.crypt

I'm with Comcast and they give me a free account to Giganews, however we have to log in with username and password (wondering if this is the problem). It seems strange that the POP server works, but the listgroup doesnt.

[alesis404]

groovesalad, I also have a giganews account with username/password and when i tried in testing it did'nt work for me...I then tried my free account from my isp with *no* username/password and it worked fine and I havent even bothered with my giganews account since.

I can't be sure the username/password thing is the problem but it was in my experience just so you know and I also have a giganews acccount but it was purchased directly from the giganews website and not provided by my isp, my isp account does not require a username/password and maybe that is why its working.

When you tried this using your giganews account did you also roll back the post count that is showing in phpmyadmin?

For instance right now the last post on alt.satellite.tv.crypt is 30168607 ...try changing this to 29068607 through phpmyadmin or whatever you use to access the table with the post counts and then visit gateway.php....give it few minutes if it says its loading the page or whatever and see if that works and downloads some posts to your VBB.

[groovesalad]

Today at 09:42 PM alesis404 said this in Post #78
When you tried this using your giganews account did you also roll back the post count that is showing in phpmyadmin?

For instance right now the last post on alt.satellite.tv.crypt is 30168607 ...try changing this to 29068607 through phpmyadmin or whatever you use to access the table with the post counts and then visit gateway.php....give it few minutes if it says its loading the page or whatever and see if that works and downloads some posts to your VBB.

I just set the number in the Admin CP using the Gateway NNTP Interface. How might I change this number in phpmyadmin? Not ever sure where to start.

[groovesalad]

Whats even more interesting, is that in outlook, I can use the server settings of : Netnews.Comcast.net and download messages, however, when I plug that info into my Admin CP, I get this:

2 group(s) gatewayed.
Logging in to pop.groove-salad.com, list catch@groove-salad.com: connected
Could not connect to NNTP-serverLogging in to netnews.comcast.net, group alt.music.dave-matthews
Not connectedNot connected