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RuneMaster

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Oct 13, 2008, 9:35:17 AM10/13/08
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Has anyone else here:
1) upgraded to Opera 9.6, and
2) got "authentification failed" message every time the computer tries to
download the latest posts?

If so, can anyone help? (This is from a previous version which does not
have that problem)

All helpful suggestions [1] gratefully received!

Thanks

[2] other than "use Firefox/Thunderbird or whatever"

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Reader in Invisible Writings

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Oct 13, 2008, 1:51:57 PM10/13/08
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RuneMaster wrote:
> Has anyone else here:
> 1) upgraded to Opera 9.6, and
> 2) got "authentification failed" message every time the computer tries
> to download the latest posts?
>
> If so, can anyone help? (This is from a previous version which does not
> have that problem)
>
> All helpful suggestions [1] gratefully received!
>
> Thanks
>
> [2] other than "use Firefox/Thunderbird or whatever"
>
>
>
Who is your ISP/newsserver? What happens if you set up an account (OK
not an account but a connetion) with nntp.aioe.org which is free and
does not require even an account and is good to keep as a duplicate
backup anyway.

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RuneMaster

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Oct 14, 2008, 6:22:10 PM10/14/08
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:51:57 +0100, Reader in Invisible Writings
<markfo...@hotmail.com> wrote:

<CUT>


> Who is your ISP/newsserver? What happens if you set up an account (OK
> not an account but a connetion) with nntp.aioe.org which is free and
> does not require even an account and is good to keep as a duplicate
> backup anyway.
>

ISP is BT Business (a "company" telephone line not shared - I get 7.3Mb
out of an advertised 8Mb. Whooooo! But I digress!

The aioe dos not seem to work, and crashes Opera completely (with the
"Windows" message option popping up to close the app.

I'm seriously thinking of removong the so-called upgrade!

Reader in Invisible Writings

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Oct 14, 2008, 6:37:40 PM10/14/08
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RuneMaster wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:51:57 +0100, Reader in Invisible Writings
> <markfo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> <CUT>
>> Who is your ISP/newsserver? What happens if you set up an account (OK
>> not an account but a connetion) with nntp.aioe.org which is free and
>> does not require even an account and is good to keep as a duplicate
>> backup anyway.
>>
>
> ISP is BT Business (a "company" telephone line not shared - I get 7.3Mb
> out of an advertised 8Mb. Whooooo! But I digress!
>
> The aioe dos not seem to work, and crashes Opera completely (with the
> "Windows" message option popping up to close the app.
>
> I'm seriously thinking of removong the so-called upgrade!
>
As I have no problem with aioe on TB along with by (Tiscali really)
ISP's news server, it sounds like they broke something in Opera.

RuneMaster

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Oct 14, 2008, 6:42:22 PM10/14/08
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:37:40 +0100, Reader in Invisible Writings
<markfo...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> RuneMaster wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:51:57 +0100, Reader in Invisible Writings
>> <markfo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> <CUT>
>>> Who is your ISP/newsserver? What happens if you set up an account (OK
>>> not an account but a connetion) with nntp.aioe.org which is free and
>>> does not require even an account and is good to keep as a duplicate
>>> backup anyway.
>>>
>> ISP is BT Business (a "company" telephone line not shared - I get
>> 7.3Mb out of an advertised 8Mb. Whooooo! But I digress!
>> The aioe dos not seem to work, and crashes Opera completely (with the
>> "Windows" message option popping up to close the app.
>> I'm seriously thinking of removong the so-called upgrade!
>>
> As I have no problem with aioe on TB along with by (Tiscali really)
> ISP's news server, it sounds like they broke something in Opera.
>

Pretty much my conclusion as well. Ho hum....

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Brian L Johnson

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Oct 15, 2008, 1:09:11 PM10/15/08
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RuneMaster <jonatha...@elspace.org> wrote:

> Has anyone else here:
> 1) upgraded to Opera 9.6, and

Yes.

> 2) got "authentification failed" message every time the computer tries
> to download the latest posts?

No.

> If so, can anyone help? (This is from a previous version which does not
> have that problem)
>
> All helpful suggestions [1] gratefully received!

Have you looked in Tools.Mail&ChatAccts, selected your newsreader account,
[Edit..]^Servers to see what's listed under NNTP Authentication?

Mine says [None] for my newsserver (news.virginmedia.com) which is correct
for a non-passworded newsserver.

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