NewzToolz

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Setup Servers Window

The Setup News Servers Window can be opened by going onto the Setup menu and choosing Servers.

Purpose: On this window, you tell NewzToolz about the news servers that you have access to. For most people, that will only be one - your ISP's free server. If you are not using the parts of the program that use a news server, you do not have to fill out anything here.

Name - Enter a nickname for your news server here. It can be anything such as "Cablemodem", "DSL Server", or "Dilbert".

Server URL - You must get this from your ISP. It is usually something like: news.yourisp.com. If you are using our news service, the URL is always listed on this page. You can also use the IP address of the news server here. If you are calling your ISP, make sure to ask them for the "news server URL."

Username and Password - You must get these two items from your ISP. Sometimes your ISP will not require them, and in that case, don't enter anything here. Entering a username/password when they are not required can cause connection errors. Also, it is common for ISP's to re-arrange their authorization methods and not tell their customers. They may change your username/password and not tell you. So if you all of a sudden can't logon to the server, that could be the cause.

Connections - This is usually a number between 1 and 6. NewzToolz is not using this setting at the moment, so it doesn't matter what you enter here. However, if you are talking to your ISP, it is a good idea to ask them what this number is.

Port - 119 is the standard port for news servers, though your ISP can change this. If port 119 doesn't work, you must ask your ISP what to use here.

Active - This setting isn't being used yet, but leave it checked.

Set Newsgroup - This pertains to the NZB window. NZB files contain a list of "article ID's" and the NZB window works by asking the news server for each post (a.k.a. article) using these ID's. Some news servers require that programs first set the newsgroup before asking for posts in that group. Normally, that doesn't take very long, so you can keep this box checked if you don't want to bother with it. However, you can get a bit more speed by un-checking it for servers that do not require it. You can ask your ISP if the news server "requires the newsgroup to be set before using the ARTICLE command." If you can't get an answer from your ISP, you can try un-checking the box. If you don't get errors, then you can leave it like that. At this time, the TechSono server does require this box to be checked.