Usenet feed problem

Damn thing is driving me nuts. All of a sudden today my Usenet feed keeps
going out. machine keeps asking me to log on over and over and even though
the box is checked to save password it is still gone next time. Finally will
let me on, then will not send messages, same thing over and over asking for
me to log on. I finally loaded a free news feed that is working fine. My ISP
says nothing wrong on their end, and when I went and tried my desktop the
feed is fine it's an XP. Any ideas what this (Vista HP) thing is doing?
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Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin
Franklin

Alex Clayton wrote:
> Damn thing is driving me nuts. All of a sudden today my Usenet feed
> keeps going out. machine keeps asking me to log on over and over and
> even though the box is checked to save password it is still gone next
> time. Finally will let me on, then will not send messages, same thing
> over and over asking for me to log on. I finally loaded a free news feed
> that is working fine. My ISP says nothing wrong on their end, and when I
> went and tried my desktop the feed is fine it's an XP. Any ideas what
> this (Vista HP) thing is doing?

Try using Thunderbird instead of Windows Fail.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
-Benjamin Franklin

If there were a god, he or she or it would have given us two livers.

-Alias

Alex Clayton wrote:
> Damn thing is driving me nuts. All of a sudden today my Usenet feed
> keeps going out. machine keeps asking me to log on over and over and
> even though the box is checked to save password it is still gone next
> time. Finally will let me on, then will not send messages, same thing
> over and over asking for me to log on. I finally loaded a free news feed
> that is working fine. My ISP says nothing wrong on their end, and when I
> went and tried my desktop the feed is fine it's an XP. Any ideas what
> this (Vista HP) thing is doing?

Are you talking about Windows Mail and NNTP? If you are talking about WM
and NNTP, then WM will loose the User-Id and psw for authentication.

You can give it the credentials and tell it to save them. It will work
for a second and loose them again, when repeated attempts are made to
give the credentials and save them.

This has only happened to me about five times, but what I find that
works is shut down WM, start it back-up, go to the account, set it
manually and then it will hold. But a couple of times when I did that, I
had to boot the machine to get WM to hold the user-id and psw.

the wrote:
> Alex Clayton wrote:
>> Damn thing is driving me nuts. All of a sudden today my Usenet feed
>> keeps going out. machine keeps asking me to log on over and over and
>> even though the box is checked to save password it is still gone next
>> time. Finally will let me on, then will not send messages, same thing
>> over and over asking for me to log on. I finally loaded a free news
>> feed that is working fine. My ISP says nothing wrong on their end, and
>> when I went and tried my desktop the feed is fine it's an XP. Any
>> ideas what this (Vista HP) thing is doing?
>
> Are you talking about Windows Mail and NNTP? If you are talking about WM
> and NNTP, then WM will loose the User-Id and psw for authentication.

And, of course, you don't want it to be loose but tight, right?

>
> You can give it the credentials and tell it to save them. It will work
> for a second and loose them again,

Maybe it's loose due to too much tequila ...

> when repeated attempts are made to
> give the credentials and save them.
>
> This has only happened to me about five times, but what I find that
> works is shut down WM, start it back-up, go to the account, set it
> manually and then it will hold. But a couple of times when I did that, I
> had to boot the machine to get WM to hold the user-id and psw.

Translation: Windows Fail failed again, folks. Even Outhouse Distress
was better than that.

Alias

"the" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Are you talking about Windows Mail and NNTP? If you are talking about WM
> and NNTP, then WM will loose the User-Id and psw for authentication.
>
> You can give it the credentials and tell it to save them. It will work
> for a second and loose them again, when repeated attempts are made to give
> the credentials and save them.
>
> This has only happened to me about five times, but what I find that works
> is shut down WM, start it back-up, go to the account, set it manually and
> then it will hold. But a couple of times when I did that, I had to boot
> the machine to get WM to hold the user-id and psw.
>
>
Yes, sorry I should have mentioned Windows mail, the new version of outlook.
It worked for a couple days fine, then this. I am using the same windows
mail with the newsmotzarella and it works. I will try your idea next time
see if it fixes it.
--
To err is human.....
But to blame someone else shows management potential.

"Alex Clayton" <> wrote in message
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> "the" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Are you talking about Windows Mail and NNTP? If you are talking about WM
>> and NNTP, then WM will loose the User-Id and psw for authentication.
>>
>> You can give it the credentials and tell it to save them. It will work
>> for a second and loose them again, when repeated attempts are made to
>> give the credentials and save them.
>>
>> This has only happened to me about five times, but what I find that works
>> is shut down WM, start it back-up, go to the account, set it manually and
>> then it will hold. But a couple of times when I did that, I had to boot
>> the machine to get WM to hold the user-id and psw.
>>
>>
> Yes, sorry I should have mentioned Windows mail, the new version of
> outlook. It worked for a couple days fine, then this. I am using the same
> windows mail with the newsmotzarella and it works. I will try your idea
> next time see if it fixes it.
> --
> To err is human.....
> But to blame someone else shows management potential.

I know you meant to say the new version of Outlook EXPRESS. I have been
having similar problems off and on the last few days, especially yesterday.
Some threads won't allow me to reply to no matter what I do. It sends
without an error message, but the posting never shows up on the server. I
reset my router and everything. Sometimes I keep getting asked for my
credentials. It has been a mess.

"Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
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> I know you meant to say the new version of Outlook EXPRESS. I have been
> having similar problems off and on the last few days, especially
> yesterday. Some threads won't allow me to reply to no matter what I do.
> It sends without an error message, but the posting never shows up on the
> server. I reset my router and everything. Sometimes I keep getting asked
> for my credentials. It has been a mess.
>
Yes OE was all I have ever used. When I got this a couple days ago I was
pretty impressed that I managed to get it set up first try. I am VERY much
an armature at this. <G>
Anyway glad to hear it's not just me, it was really ****ing me off. What the
hell this free feed seems to work for now. If it keeps up fine. if not I
guess will have to try T-Bird. Have been hearing people say they like it for
years, but since OE always worked I just never bothered to try. I did try
Firefox a few weeks back and do like it better than IE7
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explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.

Alias wrote:

<snipped>

Go lay down Alias as you continue to talk out the side of your head.
You're a clown*, and this is why no one should respect you as you're
just a troll that can't help anyone.

"Alex Clayton" <> wrote in message
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> Damn thing is driving me nuts. All of a sudden today my Usenet feed keeps
> going out. machine keeps asking me to log on over and over and even though
> the box is checked to save password it is still gone next time. Finally
> will let me on, then will not send messages, same thing over and over
> asking for me to log on. I finally loaded a free news feed that is working
> fine. My ISP says nothing wrong on their end, and when I went and tried my
> desktop the feed is fine it's an XP. Any ideas what this (Vista HP) thing
> is doing?


Sometimes, this problem originates with the server.

"Sinner" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Alex Clayton" <> wrote in message
> news:g5jbk8$3h5$...
>> Damn thing is driving me nuts. All of a sudden today my Usenet feed keeps
>> going out. machine keeps asking me to log on over and over and even
>> though the box is checked to save password it is still gone next time.
>> Finally will let me on, then will not send messages, same thing over and
>> over asking for me to log on. I finally loaded a free news feed that is
>> working fine. My ISP says nothing wrong on their end, and when I went and
>> tried my desktop the feed is fine it's an XP. Any ideas what this (Vista
>> HP) thing is doing?
>
>
> Sometimes, this problem originates with the server.
>

Ok this may sound dumb, but I am getting my news feed from my ISP. If I try
Windows Mail it does not work, yet when I use this free service it is taking
the feed from the same server I think, that my ISP gave me, and it works. It
just had me set it up on WM so now I have 2 news accounts.
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