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   lisa to me@privacy.invalid   
   Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linu   
   30 Oct 25 22:51:56   
   
   From: not.in.use@home.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:40:24 +0100, "s|b"  wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:18:33 +0100, lisa wrote:   
   >   
   >> I run  Forté Agent without problems ( email and newsgroups )   
   >> on Mint v22.x in PlayOnLinux with Wine v9. You don't need to run it in   
   >> PlayOnLinux, but for the moment I use POL as frontend.   
   >   
   >I will give it a go. Last time I tried this it was under Wine. I also   
   >remember the fonts acting funky: unread messages not bold or coloured   
   >red. But there was a fix to this (choose another font).   
   >   
   >> you need to make the following configuration change in AGENT.INI.   
   >>   
   >> AllowedSSLProtocols=2688   
   >>   
   >> if that's your problem with running  Forté Agent on Mint.   
   >   
   >This is now set to   
   >   
   >AllowedSSLProtocols=10880   
   >   
   >This was based on:   
   >   
   >From: Ralph Fox   
   >Newsgroups: alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent   
   >Subject: Notice:  Agent and SSL   
   >Message-ID:    
   >Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:22:04 +1300   
   >   
   >because I'm running W11. Your setting is meant for Windows before   
   >Windows 10 version 1903.   
      
      
   I know and I have a copy of that answer. But 2688 is for me a working   
   setting in Linux Mint v22.x and I thought your problem was Mint   
   related. Most likely 10880 will work too.   
      
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