topic Re: Usenet asking for password in Everything else

Usenet asking for password

BrightonRock — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:53:54 GMT

usenet.plus.net has Just started asking for user name and password; it was OK earlier today..

As I recall this is run by Giganews on behalf of Plusnet. If Giganews is US based perhaps someone just came in to work there and made some changes.

Hopefully the problem will clear itself. But then again.....

Re: Usenet asking for password

pittdj70 — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:04:43 GMT

I have just noticed the same here.

Re: Usenet asking for password

thejudge — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:37:36 GMT

Confirmed here, too.

Re: Usenet asking for password

andyl — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 09:39:09 GMT

It is still a problem this morning.

Re: Usenet asking for password

andrewww — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 11:12:02 GMT

Yep, same problem as before.

Seems to be occurring every few months now. It happened in January and again in July. Probably other times I can't remember as well.

Hopefully Bob Pullen will be on the case soon.

Re: Usenet asking for password

bobpullen — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 12:56:57 GMT

I've a feeling I know why this might be. Will nudge some folk but I may not be able to give it my full attention until next week.

Re: Usenet asking for password

2d — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:17:33 GMT

Took me so long to find the thread about it back in July, it had been fixed by the time I did.

Hope it gets fixed soon.

Re: Usenet asking for password

martinund — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 21:58:01 GMT

I first noticed this morning (12 November) that Thunderbird was prompting for a username and password, and that the email and/or portal username and password did not work.

My settings are:

server=news.plus.net

port=119

connection security=none (as opposed to SSL/TLS)

Shame that Plusnet's "Service Status" page doesn't mention Usenet and describe that there is a problem.

Re: Usenet asking for password

iw6dgm — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 22:18:44 GMT

I remember opening a similar ticket a while ago.

Re: Usenet asking for password

jeff-gaines — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:32:40 GMT

Why doesn't the PN status page include Usenet? We pay for it in the same way as other PN services.

Re: Usenet asking for password

BrightonRock — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:26:24 GMT

Problem with asking for a username & password seems to have cleared

Re: Usenet asking for password

bobpullen — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:44:50 GMT

Just to confirm, I've also received confirmation that the issue should now be resolved.

Re: Usenet asking for password

thejudge — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:06:06 GMT

Seems to be clear here now, too.

Re: Usenet asking for password

andrewww — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:48:11 GMT

Thanks Bob.

For anyone wanting a standby/fallback option: Try Eternal September (free) https://www.eternal-september.org/.

I signed up and it seems OK, at least it bridged the gap for me for a few days.