On 16-Apr-2015 09:17 -0500, Sam_L wrote:
In Thunderbird, when I use "Write" to create a new message the
message is posted. And it ends up on Midrange.com.
To be clear, a copy of the message appears at archive.midrange.com;
that is distinct from the news.midrange.com which apparently is no
longer storing and serving new messages. Although, midrange.test
accepted a message awhile ago, when I tried to test what error message
Tb would give when I tried to post a message.
It fails if I use "Reply" on an existing post. It sets the reply
address to "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>" which fails
when I click "Send" with:
An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded:
5.5.4 Invalid Email address. Please check the message recipient
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx and try again.
Though perhaps not conspicuous, Tb has both a /smart reply/ and a
/reply/. In a newsgroup account, use /Followup/ rather than /Reply/ if
the reply-feature<>smart-reply; the "smart reply" makes the /reply/
feature context-sensitive, making reply formulate a "To:" addressee
while viewing an email message, and formulating a "Newsgroup:" addressee
while viewing a newsgroup message.
Or... and I am not familiar with the particular error [but sure seems
to be an addressee issue], but given the issue occurs only for Reply,
another possible issue lies with the reply-to email address. Both the
email address and the reply-to email address of the NNTP user must be
accepted by gmane.org as authorized. Or, the reply-to email address
should be omitted for a message submitted from the NNTP client.
Anyone know if this is a setting that I need to change In
Thunderbird?
I think the issue is the _addressee_ that is automatically composed
by Tb when using the "Reply" feature. Again, use "Followup" instead;
possibly reconfigure Tb to use the smart-reply icon on the toolbar if "I
use 'Reply' on an existing post" implies clicking an icon on the
toolbar. If instead the issue might be the reply-to address then...
In the /Account Settings/ for the newsgroup account established in Tb
for news.gmane.org there is /identity/ information for that account;
right-click->settings on the account-name [aka folder-name]. One
setting is the /Email address/ and another is the /Reply-to address/.
Either omit the latter, or ensure both addresses are the same as the
email address used for the subscription established via your
lists.midrange.com user; the reply-to email address could conceivably be
another authorized-user at gmane.org, but if not an authorized user,
surely that would cause problems according to the FAQ.
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