On 05.Mai.2013, at 08:37, Rock wrote:
> On Fri, 03 May 2013 12:32:28 +0200, Markus Falb wrote:
>
>> What exactly do you mean with that?
>
> When setting up Thunderbird for NNTP, TB asked questions like
> "incoming and outgoing user name", which are meaningless for NNTP
> (AFAIK); and TB didn't give any place to add any other server than
> an SMTP server; and even then, it didn't allow for a port change
> to 563.
>
> I'm sure if I dug further into the TB setup I could set it up for
> NNTP, but it was extremely clear (like bright blinding sunlight),
> that either I was in the wrong setup or that TB wasn't meant for
> USENET news ease of use.
I think that with thunderbird you get a kind of first start setup wizard.
*skip that* ("I think I'll configure my account later")
Preferences (you *will* find that ;-) -> Account Settings -> Account Actions -> Add Other Account -> Newsgroup account
Afterwards you can set SSL/TLS
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Markus