Re: [Pan-users] Re: SSL enabled usenet server

[pan user]

On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 16:09 +0000, Duncan wrote:
> <address@hidden> posted
> address@hidden, excerpted below,
> on  Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:38:13 +0900:
> 
> > My Usenet provider is "SSL enabled": it ensures that my ISP cannot scan
> > my download traffic. Indeed some ISPs attempt to scan traffic and
> > throttle usenet traffic!!
> > 
> > Unfortunately, when I configure pan 0.132 to use a "secure Usenet
> > server", it never connects.
> > 
> > How can I access an SSL-enabled Usenet server with Pan?
> > 
> > Thanks for your help.

My usenet server, astrawebnews.com also has ssl enabled on their
servers.

In Pan I enter the address of the server and port if needed and then my
user name and password and Pan connects to the server and I can view
news with ssl enabled.

Never connects? Is there an error message of some sort?