Thank you

[jp]

Thank you to all who have offered me help with setting up Thunderbird as a reader for rec.aviation.soaring. In spite of the help I have not been able to figure out how to set it up. I don't mind really. Google Groups is good enough for me.

[Dan Marotta]

On 11/14/20 10:16 AM, jp wrote:
> Thank you to all who have offered me help with setting up Thunderbird as a reader for rec.aviation.soaring. In spite of the help I have not been able to figure out how to set it up. I don't mind really. Google Groups is good enough for me.
>

I don't know what you've tried previously, but these instructions will
work for thunderbird:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/creating-newsgroup-account

Sorry, I can't seem to make this work as a hyperlink but you can copy
and paste it into your browser.

I set the newsgroup to: news.eternal-september.org, port 119 which was
the default

If you use eternal-september.org as your newsreader, you need to go to
their website and set up an account. There's further information there
to make it all work.

Eventually, you'll have to subscribe to the newsgroup during the setup.
Look out! When first set up, you'll be presented with close to 100,000
threads. You'll have to mark as read most of them to clean up. It
doesn't take too long...

Good luck!

--
Dan
5J

[jp]

On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 10:54:05 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
> On 11/14/20 10:16 AM, jp wrote:
> > Thank you to all who have offered me help with setting up Thunderbird as a reader for rec.aviation.soaring. In spite of the help I have not been able to figure out how to set it up. I don't mind really. Google Groups is good enough for me.
> >
> I don't know what you've tried previously, but these instructions will
> work for thunderbird:
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/creating-newsgroup-account
>
> Sorry, I can't seem to make this work as a hyperlink but you can copy
> and paste it into your browser.
>
> I set the newsgroup to: news.eternal-september.org, port 119 which was
> the default
>
> If you use eternal-september.org as your newsreader, you need to go to
> their website and set up an account. There's further information there
> to make it all work.
>
> Eventually, you'll have to subscribe to the newsgroup during the setup.
> Look out! When first set up, you'll be presented with close to 100,000
> threads. You'll have to mark as read most of them to clean up. It
> doesn't take too long...
>
> Good luck!
>
> --
> Dan
> 5J
Thank you Dan. I gave it another try, using your suggestions. It seemed to set up ok but when I clicked on "Get Messages" nothing seemed to happen. Maybe I didn't wait long enough. I'll try again.

[Dan Marotta]

On 11/14/20 2:05 PM, jp wrote:
> On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 10:54:05 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
>> On 11/14/20 10:16 AM, jp wrote:
>>> Thank you to all who have offered me help with setting up Thunderbird as a reader for rec.aviation.soaring. In spite of the help I have not been able to figure out how to set it up. I don't mind really. Google Groups is good enough for me.
>>>
>> I don't know what you've tried previously, but these instructions will
>> work for thunderbird:
>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/creating-newsgroup-account
>>
>> Sorry, I can't seem to make this work as a hyperlink but you can copy
>> and paste it into your browser.
>>
>> I set the newsgroup to: news.eternal-september.org, port 119 which was
>> the default
>>
>> If you use eternal-september.org as your newsreader, you need to go to
>> their website and set up an account. There's further information there
>> to make it all work.
>>
>> Eventually, you'll have to subscribe to the newsgroup during the setup.
>> Look out! When first set up, you'll be presented with close to 100,000
>> threads. You'll have to mark as read most of them to clean up. It
>> doesn't take too long...
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> --
>> Dan
>> 5J
> Thank you Dan. I gave it another try, using your suggestions. It seemed to set up ok but when I clicked on "Get Messages" nothing seemed to happen. Maybe I didn't wait long enough. I'll try again.
>

As I recall there was some detail that I found on eternal-september.org
that made the difference. It was one setting. I'll take another look
and see if I can find it.

--
Dan
5J

[Dan Marotta]

On 11/14/20 3:18 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
> On 11/14/20 2:05 PM, jp wrote:
>> On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 10:54:05 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
>>> On 11/14/20 10:16 AM, jp wrote:
>>>> Thank you to all who have offered me help with setting up
>>>> Thunderbird as a reader for rec.aviation.soaring. In spite of the
>>>> help I have not been able to figure out how to set it up. I don't
>>>> mind really. Google Groups is good enough for me.
>>>>
>>> I don't know what you've tried previously, but these instructions will
>>> work for thunderbird:
>>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/creating-newsgroup-account
>>>
>>> Sorry, I can't seem to make this work as a hyperlink but you can copy
>>> and paste it into your browser.
>>>
>>> I set the newsgroup to: news.eternal-september.org, port 119 which was
>>> the default
>>>
>>> If you use eternal-september.org as your newsreader, you need to go to
>>> their website and set up an account. There's further information there
>>> to make it all work.
>>>
>>> Eventually, you'll have to subscribe to the newsgroup during the setup.
>>> Look out! When first set up, you'll be presented with close to 100,000
>>> threads. You'll have to mark as read most of them to clean up. It
>>> doesn't take too long...
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dan
>>> 5J
>> Thank you Dan.Â* I gave it another try, using your suggestions.Â* It
>> seemed to set up ok but when I clicked on "Get Messages" nothing
>> seemed to happen.Â* Maybe I didn't wait long enough.Â* I'll try again.
>>
>
> As I recall there was some detail that I found on eternal-september.org
> that made the difference.Â* It was one setting.Â* I'll take another look
> and see if I can find it.
>
First off, I right clicked on the newly created Soaring Newsgroup that
I'd created and selected "Subscribe", then entered rec.aviation.soaring.

Question: Did you register on eternal-september.org?

And this is the last thing I picked up from eternal-september.org:

Client Settings
Server name: news.eternal-september.org
Port : 119 (NNTP)
Port : 563 (encrypted connection NNTPS)

Hope all of that helps!

--
Dan
5J

[jp]

On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 2:27:16 PM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
> On 11/14/20 3:18 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
> > On 11/14/20 2:05 PM, jp wrote:
> >> On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 10:54:05 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
> >>> On 11/14/20 10:16 AM, jp wrote:
> >>>> Thank you to all who have offered me help with setting up
> >>>> Thunderbird as a reader for rec.aviation.soaring. In spite of the
> >>>> help I have not been able to figure out how to set it up. I don't
> >>>> mind really. Google Groups is good enough for me.
> >>>>
> >>> I don't know what you've tried previously, but these instructions will
> >>> work for thunderbird:
> >>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/creating-newsgroup-account
> >>>
> >>> Sorry, I can't seem to make this work as a hyperlink but you can copy
> >>> and paste it into your browser.
> >>>
> >>> I set the newsgroup to: news.eternal-september.org, port 119 which was
> >>> the default
> >>>
> >>> If you use eternal-september.org as your newsreader, you need to go to
> >>> their website and set up an account. There's further information there
> >>> to make it all work.
> >>>
> >>> Eventually, you'll have to subscribe to the newsgroup during the setup.
> >>> Look out! When first set up, you'll be presented with close to 100,000
> >>> threads. You'll have to mark as read most of them to clean up. It
> >>> doesn't take too long...
> >>>
> >>> Good luck!
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Dan
> >>> 5J
> >> Thank you Dan. I gave it another try, using your suggestions. It
> >> seemed to set up ok but when I clicked on "Get Messages" nothing
> >> seemed to happen. Maybe I didn't wait long enough. I'll try again.
> >>
> >
> > As I recall there was some detail that I found on eternal-september.org
> > that made the difference. It was one setting. I'll take another look
> > and see if I can find it.
> >
> First off, I right clicked on the newly created Soaring Newsgroup that
> I'd created and selected "Subscribe", then entered rec.aviation.soaring.
>
> Question: Did you register on eternal-september.org?
>
> And this is the last thing I picked up from eternal-september.org:
>
> Client Settings
> Server name: news.eternal-september.org
> Port : 119 (NNTP)
> Port : 563 (encrypted connection NNTPS)
>
> Hope all of that helps!
>
> --
> Dan
> 5J
Thank you again Dan. I'm working on it.

[kinsell]

On 11/14/20 3:51 PM, jp wrote:
> On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 2:27:16 PM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
>> On 11/14/20 3:18 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
>>> On 11/14/20 2:05 PM, jp wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 10:54:05 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
>>>>> On 11/14/20 10:16 AM, jp wrote:
>>>>>> Thank you to all who have offered me help with setting up
>>>>>> Thunderbird as a reader for rec.aviation.soaring. In spite of the
>>>>>> help I have not been able to figure out how to set it up. I don't
>>>>>> mind really. Google Groups is good enough for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know what you've tried previously, but these instructions will
>>>>> work for thunderbird:
>>>>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/creating-newsgroup-account
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, I can't seem to make this work as a hyperlink but you can copy
>>>>> and paste it into your browser.
>>>>>
>>>>> I set the newsgroup to: news.eternal-september.org, port 119 which was
>>>>> the default
>>>>>
>>>>> If you use eternal-september.org as your newsreader, you need to go to
>>>>> their website and set up an account. There's further information there
>>>>> to make it all work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eventually, you'll have to subscribe to the newsgroup during the setup.
>>>>> Look out! When first set up, you'll be presented with close to 100,000
>>>>> threads. You'll have to mark as read most of them to clean up. It
>>>>> doesn't take too long...
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck!
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dan
>>>>> 5J
>>>> Thank you Dan. I gave it another try, using your suggestions. It
>>>> seemed to set up ok but when I clicked on "Get Messages" nothing
>>>> seemed to happen. Maybe I didn't wait long enough. I'll try again.
>>>>
>>>
>>> As I recall there was some detail that I found on eternal-september.org
>>> that made the difference. It was one setting. I'll take another look
>>> and see if I can find it.
>>>
>> First off, I right clicked on the newly created Soaring Newsgroup that
>> I'd created and selected "Subscribe", then entered rec.aviation.soaring.
>>
>> Question: Did you register on eternal-september.org?
>>
>> And this is the last thing I picked up from eternal-september.org:
>>
>> Client Settings
>> Server name: news.eternal-september.org
>> Port : 119 (NNTP)
>> Port : 563 (encrypted connection NNTPS)
>>
>> Hope all of that helps!
>>
>> --
>> Dan
>> 5J
> Thank you again Dan. I'm working on it.
>

You're trying to use Thunderbird on a Mac. Last I heard, it had been
supported on only 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8, but now even that support has
ended. That was only for Thunderbird 45.

Maybe there's something better suited for Macs these days.

-Dave

[David Walsh[_3_]]

On 11/14/2020 12:16 PM, jp wrote:
> Thank you to all who have offered me help with setting up Thunderbird as a reader for rec.aviation.soaring. In spite of the help I have not been able to figure out how to set it up. I don't mind really. Google Groups is good enough for me.
>

jp,

I've been using Google Groups for years now, but have been wanting to
switch to an email client interface.

Eric Greenwell suggested nntp.aioe.org. I Googled " how to set up
nntp.aioe.org in Thunderbird ", , the second link found was "
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/creating-newsgroup-account "

The process took all of 3 minutes, and worked first time. You can open
both your browser and Thunderbird, side by side, to make configuration
easy. You can put " nntp.aioe.org " in your mouse buffer for your
cutting and pasting pleasure, and finally you will have to sift through
all the Usenet accounts to find " alt.recreation.soaring " and check
that Check Box.




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[Dan Marotta]

On 11/14/20 6:49 PM, kinsell wrote:
> You're trying to use Thunderbird on a Mac.Â* Last I heard, it had been
> supported on only 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8, but now even that support has
> ended.Â* That was only for Thunderbird 45.
>
> Maybe there's something better suited for Macs these days.
>
> -Dave

I've been told that Ubuntu will work on a newer Mac that has Intel or
AMD processors but, not being a Mac guy, can't say for sure. A friend
is going to give me an older Mac to try it out on. If it works, I'll
report back.

--
Dan
5J