Gert Andersen wrote to Tony Comandini:
GA> Hello Tony!
GA> 
GA> Fri Jan 06 2017, Tony Comandini wrote to All:
GA> 
GA>  TC>anybody of you has setup NNTP and works well? According to the doc I 
GA>  TC>enabled
GA>  TC>the option on mbsetup but unfortunately the port 119 in the system 
GA>  TC>still down
GA>  TC>and of course can' t connect with a client.
GA> 
GA>  TC>Any suggestion?
GA> 
GA> MbseBBS is your NNTP and you can ask you isp for newgroup connection, then 
GA> in mbsebbs echos put and check nae for the messages and use some extra 
GA> echos where you fetch for newsgroups at your isp or some other news 
GA> provider. But you have too to tell mbse the info for the news providers.
GA> 
GA> The to get port 119 open for nntp check you system for service port 119 is 
GA> open and is on.
GA> 
Thank you Gert, so if I well understand:
1) Create an account with your ISP or the news server suggested by Vince;
2) Put the data in mbsetup 
3) Add the newgroup name for each message area
4) Add a new message group called News (for example) and add the interested
messages areas;
5) restart mbsebbs (just in case)
6) netstat -tulpna|grep 119 and check if port 119 is open.
Correct?

 

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