Re: Pipex news servers with Netfetch

In article <1129595484.381057.190170@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<kev.wells@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> Steven Pampling wrote:
> > In article <1129574473.339340.213790@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > <kev.wells@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I have put the following line under #News server
> > > hostname:nntp.dsl.pipex.com,mewx45@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,mypasswordI now
> > > get the following error.Warning : Server error : 502 'Access Denied
> > > via @xtreme.pipex.net auth server'My email log in is
> > > mewx45%@xxxxxxxxxxxxx would the dsl and xtreme make any
> > > differnce?Thanks again for all the help
> >
> > Check the username that is entered in your ADSL router config (WAN
> > section) it will probably have an xtreme variant of your username.

> It has apai33@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> My email is not the primary one with pipex would that make a difference?

Just in case it helps, the username seems to vary for different people.
In my case the xtreme in the above example is actually xtreme4 instead.

It is worth logging into to Pipex support site and check the bit on news
setup. Although the examples will be for news readers on other
platforms, they will still give you a personalised user id to type in.
(Ignore the ones in the screenshots as they don't always match the text!)

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