528192 - Can not post to newsgroups any longer

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 484656

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect)

Description

[Rainer Bielefeld]

After Upgrade to 2.0, I can't post to newsgroup any longer. I can receive mails and newsgroup postings and send emai, but send posting does not work any longer. When I press the "send" button, I will get a message "sending failed, please check account settings" a short moment later. I can't see anything wrong in my settings, but I'm not an expert, and I can't ask in "de.comm.software.mozilla.mailnews" or other newsgroup.

Comment 1

[Rainer Bielefeld]

Attachment: Error message in German

Comment 2

[:Hb]

First check if the SMTP server settings are fine.

If not successful:
1. Open the Passwort Manager 
2. Search the mailbox... item for this NNTP account. 
3. Remove it.
4. Try again. Perhaps you need an username and a password for the news server. Perhaps you need two runs for setting both of them.

If not successful:
Create a new profile, create the news account in that new profilea and try again.

Comment 3

[Rainer Bielefeld]

Attachment: Can't find any difference that might cause why one works and one does not

I created a new profile and created a new account there: works fine
No idea why the account in my original profile does not allow to send.

Comment 4

[Rainer Bielefeld]

Seems to be some import issue!
An account for news.individual.de that I created in a new profile worked without problems. 
I deleted a (not working) account "news.mozilla.org" in my original profile and created it newly: New recreated account "news.mozilla.org" also works without problems.
Old still existing account still does not allow to send

Comment 5

[Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.]

I just ran across this. and To clean up from move to SM 2 I dumped all the MSF files.  I found the settings to the *SMTP* server had changed. the item secure authentication had suddenly become unchecked. I am putting up a Screenshot to show. Note I use the Mac version of SM2. It only affects news groups Note email

Comment 6

[Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.]

Attachment: Scree shot of SMTP Set up show Use Secure ..... checked

Comment 7

[Rainer Bielefeld]

None of the hints here or from "mozilla.support.seamonkey" healed my problem. I will repair my news-account due to <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=412403> tomorrow. Can I attach any configuration file for further research?

Comment 8

[Rainer Bielefeld]

opps, due to #4

Comment 9

[Philip Chee]

Rainer, is the problem solved? your comment 8 is ambiguous.

Comment 10

[Rainer Bielefeld]

I deleted and recreated my SM news account, no the problem is solved for me, I can't check whether the migration problem SM1 -> SM2 still exists.

Comment 11

[Philip Chee]

Duping this to Bug 525649 for the time being.

Comment 12

[Philip Chee]

Or perhaps Bug 484656