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    Opera Mail 1.0 - can't post to grc newsgroup

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    • dacid7
      dacid7 last edited by

      Hi forum -
      I've been trying this for a few days and am stumped. I installed Opera mail and configured a connection to the grc.com newsgroup. As indicated here https://www.grc.com/configoe.htm#account I configured an identical username and password for the Outgoing SMTP server. Wasn't sure which Authentication method to use, so I just left it to "Auto"

      I can fetch messages just fine. But if I compose a message to the grc.test newsgroup and send it, the message just stays in the outbox forever and never gets sent.

      Any ideas? As I typed this I saw that the grc.com site mentions "Secure Password Authentication".

      Here are the settings I configured in Account Properties -> servers:

      NNTP server
      Server = news.grc.com
      Port number = 119
      Authentication=None
      Username=
      Password=
      
      Outgoing SMTP server
      Server = news.grc.com
      Port = 25
      Authentication = Auto
      Username = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      Password = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      

      TIA
      Dave

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

        This worked for me:

        On the "Servers" tab in the account's properties:

        NNTP server
        Server: news.grc.com
        Port number: 119
        TLS: unchecked
        Authentication: (Auto) (which should do (Plaintext)
        Username: Make up a long and hard-to-guess one
        Password: Use the exact value you used for the username value
        
        Outgoing SMTP Server
        Server: blank
        Port number: 0
        TLS: unchecked
        Authentication: none
        Username: blank
        Password: blank
        

        On the "General" tab, make sure to set a fake email address and set your name.

        Subscribe to grc.test and compose a new message to grc.test to test. Delete any queued messages in the outbox that you previously tried to send.

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        • dacid7
          dacid7 last edited by

          Yes, that worked!
          I never thought to leave Outgoing blank... I never noticed "SMTP" in there.

          Thanks!
          Dave

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

            I never thought to leave Outgoing blank.

            Yeah, it's either because the developers didn't customize the account setup wizard and "Servers" tab in the account's properties for newsgroups to remove the outgoing server stuff or there's still some use for the Outgoing server stuff (to send a copy to an actual email account). Don't know for sure, but in general, just ignore the outgoing server settings when dealing with newsgroups.

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