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How to get NNTP Bridge working

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As mentioned in THIS thread:
In order to get NNTP working properly, if you are a Bridge user please go to "My settings" under "Quick access" and ensure that you have the "Use NNTP Bridge" setting selected. In order to have the Bridge authentication work correctly (even if you have this setting already selected) all users will need to click the "Save changes" button. This will ensure that the authentication credentials are stored properly.
~~~Make sure you also have the updated version of the Bridge, this can be found HERE~~~
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- Changed type Bryant Hawthorne - MSFTMicrosoft employee, Member Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:32 PM
- Edited by Bryant Hawthorne - MSFTMicrosoft employee, Member Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:44 PM
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Was there an issue in the rollout? This doesn't seem to be working, still...
- Edited by Reed Copsey, JrMVP Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:16 PM Fixed stupid bug in settings/sig
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I think this isn't happening until later tonight (10-11PM PST).
Note for anyone who has HTML in their signature - make sure you fix the tags before you hit Save in My Settings or your signature will break.
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Oops - I read 10-11am ;) Thanks
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Bryant - I have neither 'My settings' nor 'Quick Access' options in my Profile?
Are these settings which are being rolled out, or what?
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And also, I never used bridge before, can someone point me out as what needs to be done to use it (some documentation and installation)? I'm thinking that may be I can use bridge to avoid using the re-designed web forums interface.
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Let me rephrase my question.. anyone have a link to a built version of the bridge?
The link Bryant supplied to here: https://communitybridge.codeplex.com/releases/view/112798 is the project source only as far as I can see, and I don't have VS2010 installed to build it with.
- Edited by David LowndesMVP Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:11 PM He's Bryant not Brian David - put yer specs on man!
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Is there a compiled version anywhere Bryant?
Bob Comer - Microsoft MVP Virtual Machine
Jochen posted in the decommissioning thread that there currently is not a precompiled version available.
EDIT: See the link up in the original post for the link to the compiled version.
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- Edited by Mike Laughlin Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:48 PM
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The new release can be found here:
https://communitybridge.codeplex.com/releases/
Jochen Kalmbach (MVP VC++)
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The new release can be found here:
https://communitybridge.codeplex.com/releases/
Jochen Kalmbach (MVP VC++)
Thanks Jochen, much appreciated.
On a side note - My Settings bit your signature.
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Reed, would you mind trying it now? Remember to click "save changes" even if you already have the "Use NNTP Bridge" setting already selected.
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Bryant,
Testing now - had to rebuild - so far, so good, but will let you know how it goes when I've got it reading posts (hopefully) ;)
-Reed
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Reed, would you mind trying it now? Remember to click "save changes" even if you already have the "Use NNTP Bridge" setting already selected.
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Bryant,
Appears to be working - thanks!
-Reed
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Noel, these are Forums specific and independent to the Profiles. You can find "Quick access" at the top left of the page. Once you select "My settings" you will see the following:
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Thanks, Bryant - got there in the end! :)
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- Edited by Noel D PatonEditor Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:36 PM ...and now I'm going to have to redo my sig :)
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Reed, would you mind trying it now? Remember to click "save changes" even if you already have the "Use NNTP Bridge" setting already selected.
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It was working, but now it's stopped - I get an error any time I try to access:
'503 program fault - command not performed System.ServiceModel.FaultException: Passport Header Not Found'
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It was working, but now it's stopped - I get an error any time I try to access:
'503 program fault - command not performed System.ServiceModel.FaultException: Passport Header Not Found'
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Interesting - didn't work the first 2 times I tried, but the 3rd, restarting cleared it up.
... and now it's not working again. Seems to be a regularly occurring problem, sort of like the "My Threads" issues :(
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- Edited by Reed Copsey, JrMVP Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:48 PM
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Is anybody here using SeaMonkey or Thunderbird with the bridge? Back in the day it used to work for me, but now I can only download headers. When I try to select an article I get errors like this:
Error!
newsgroup server responded:no newsgroup has been selectedPerhaps the article has expired
<17d4a2f1-888b-4ff9-8ce8-a3684e0ef1e5@communitybridge.codeplex.com> (101329)
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Restarting the bridge no longer helps. I'm getting this error persistently (the "Passport Header Not Found" one). I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if all bridge users started downloading millions of messages at once, and were suddenly blocked. I suspect some server somewhere simply can't handle the load.
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It's the same for me - works for a while getting headers and bodies OK, then when I come back to it and get new headers I get the 503 error and need to restart the Bridge. Tiresome, but less tiresome than using the web interface.
Is Jochen aware of this issue?
Access these forums quickly and efficiently using your favourite NNTP newsreader and the Community Forums NNTP Bridge: https://communitybridge.codeplex.com/releases/view/114128
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The current situation is, that the bridge will not be ablte to authenticate after about 1 hour.
The current solution is to restart the bridge after about 1 hour.
Igor Tandetnik
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Hi Igor,
I am not able to repro your problem... for me it worked after restarting the bridge... also I have now a version, which automaticaly refreshes the token. I will publish it on codeplex in a couple of minutes... Also there will be a logfile, which you can sent me if you have problems...
Jochen Kalmbach (MVP VC++)
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New version is available... https://communitybridge.codeplex.com/releases/
@MS: Next time it might be helpfull, if I get time to do own test ;) before announcing the bridge ;)
Jochen Kalmbach (MVP VC++)
- Edited by Jochen Kalmbach Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:39 PM Link added
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Upgraded to 1.1.54. Same problem. This is what's in my log file, after a fresh restart:
2013-10-30 16:49:37,7622 LiveConnect: Try authentication 2013-10-30 16:49:38,6362 Session changed: Expires: 2013-10-30 21:49:38Z, AccessToken: <redacted> 2013-10-30 16:49:38,6392 Authenticated: Session changed! AccessToken: <redacted> 2013-10-30 16:49:38,6522 Authenticated: AccessToken: <redacted> 2013-10-30 16:49:38,6522 Create forums service provider: social 2013-10-30 16:49:38,6852 Creating datasource for NNTP server 2013-10-30 16:49:38,6942 Starting NNTP server 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5016 [Client 1] ClientConnected 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5036 [Client 2] ClientConnected 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5096 [Client: 2] ClassifyCommand: MODE READER 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5096 [Client: 1] ClassifyCommand: MODE READER 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5096 [Client: 2] Received: Command: MODE, Parameters: READER 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5106 [Client: 1] Received: Command: MODE, Parameters: READER 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5106 [Client: 2] Received: Response: 200 Community Forums NNTP Server 1.1.54.0 Ready - posting allowed 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5106 [Client: 2] ClassifyCommand: GROUP Microsoft.en-US.mvpgeneraltechnical 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5106 [Client: 2] Received: Command: GROUP, Parameters: Microsoft.en-US.mvpgeneraltechnical 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5106 [Client: 1] Received: Response: 200 Community Forums NNTP Server 1.1.54.0 Ready - posting allowed 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5106 [Client: 1] ClassifyCommand: GROUP Microsoft.en-US.announce 2013-10-30 16:49:42,5106 [Client: 1] Received: Command: GROUP, Parameters: Microsoft.en-US.announce 2013-10-30 16:49:43,2867 [Client: 2] Received: Response: 211 721 1 721 Microsoft.en-US.mvpgeneraltechnical group selected 2013-10-30 16:49:44,5568 [Client: 1] Received: Response: 211 172 1 172 Microsoft.en-US.announce group selected 2013-10-30 16:49:59,9604 [Client: 2] ClassifyCommand: GROUP Microsoft.en-US.mvpprogramannouncement 2013-10-30 16:49:59,9604 [Client: 2] Received: Command: GROUP, Parameters: Microsoft.en-US.mvpprogramannouncement 2013-10-30 16:49:59,9694 [Client: 1] ClassifyCommand: GROUP Microsoft.en-US.mvpprogramconnection 2013-10-30 16:49:59,9694 [Client: 1] Received: Command: GROUP, Parameters: Microsoft.en-US.mvpprogramconnection 2013-10-30 16:50:00,2444 [Client 2] DataReceived failed: Exception: Type System.ServiceModel.FaultException Source: mscorlib Message: Passport Header Not Found Stack-Trace: Server stack trace: at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.HandleReply(ProxyOperationRuntime operation, ProxyRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message) Exception rethrown at [0]: at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.WebServiceDataSource.Forums.IForumsService.GetForumNewsGroupByName(String discussionGroupName) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.WebServiceDataSource.Forums.ForumsServiceClient.GetForumNewsGroupByName(String discussionGroupName) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.ForumDataSource.GetNewsgroup(String clientUsername, String groupName, Boolean updateFirstLastNumber) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.NNTPServer.NntpCommandGroup.GetSelectedNewsgroup(String groupName, Client client) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.NNTPServer.NntpCommandGroup.Parse(String parameters, Action`1 writeAction, Client client) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.NNTPServer.NntpServer.DataReceived(String data, Int32 clientNumber) 2013-10-30 16:50:00,2454 [Client: 2] ClassifyCommand: QUIT 2013-10-30 16:50:00,2454 [Client: 2] Received: Command: QUIT, Parameters: 2013-10-30 16:50:00,2454 [Client: 2] Received: Response: 205 goodbye. 2013-10-30 16:50:00,2464 [Client 2] ClientDisconnected 2013-10-30 16:50:00,4574 [Client 1] DataReceived failed: Exception: Type System.ServiceModel.FaultException Source: mscorlib Message: Passport Header Not Found Stack-Trace: Server stack trace: at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.HandleReply(ProxyOperationRuntime operation, ProxyRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message) Exception rethrown at [0]: at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.WebServiceDataSource.Forums.IForumsService.GetForumNewsGroupByName(String discussionGroupName) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.WebServiceDataSource.Forums.ForumsServiceClient.GetForumNewsGroupByName(String discussionGroupName) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.ForumDataSource.GetNewsgroup(String clientUsername, String groupName, Boolean updateFirstLastNumber) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.NNTPServer.NntpCommandGroup.GetSelectedNewsgroup(String groupName, Client client) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.NNTPServer.NntpCommandGroup.Parse(String parameters, Action`1 writeAction, Client client) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.NNTPServer.NntpServer.DataReceived(String data, Int32 clientNumber) 2013-10-30 16:50:00,4574 [Client: 1] ClassifyCommand: QUIT 2013-10-30 16:50:00,4584 [Client: 1] Received: Command: QUIT, Parameters: 2013-10-30 16:50:00,4584 [Client: 1] Received: Response: 205 goodbye. 2013-10-30 16:50:00,4584 [Client 1] ClientDisconnected 2013-10-30 16:50:07,5201 [Client 3] ClientConnected 2013-10-30 16:50:07,5211 [Client: 3] ClassifyCommand: MODE READER 2013-10-30 16:50:07,5221 [Client: 3] Received: Command: MODE, Parameters: READER 2013-10-30 16:50:07,5221 [Client: 3] Received: Response: 200 Community Forums NNTP Server 1.1.54.0 Ready - posting allowed 2013-10-30 16:50:07,5231 [Client: 3] ClassifyCommand: GROUP Microsoft.en-US.announce 2013-10-30 16:50:07,5241 [Client: 3] Received: Command: GROUP, Parameters: Microsoft.en-US.announce 2013-10-30 16:50:07,7812 [Client 3] DataReceived failed: Exception: Type System.ServiceModel.FaultException Source: mscorlib Message: Passport Header Not Found Stack-Trace: Server stack trace: at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.HandleReply(ProxyOperationRuntime operation, ProxyRpc& rpc) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message) Exception rethrown at [0]: at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.WebServiceDataSource.Forums.IForumsService.GetForumNewsGroupByName(String discussionGroupName) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.WebServiceDataSource.Forums.ForumsServiceClient.GetForumNewsGroupByName(String discussionGroupName) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.ForumDataSource.GetNewsgroup(String clientUsername, String groupName, Boolean updateFirstLastNumber) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.NNTPServer.NntpCommandGroup.GetSelectedNewsgroup(String groupName, Client client) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.NNTPServer.NntpCommandGroup.Parse(String parameters, Action`1 writeAction, Client client) at CommunityForumsNNTPServer.NNTPServer.NntpServer.DataReceived(String data, Int32 clientNumber) 2013-10-30 16:50:07,7822 [Client: 3] ClassifyCommand: QUIT 2013-10-30 16:50:07,7852 [Client: 3] Received: Command: QUIT, Parameters: 2013-10-30 16:50:07,7872 [Client: 3] Received: Response: 205 goodbye. 2013-10-30 16:50:07,7882 [Client 3] ClientDisconnected
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>New version is available... https://communitybridge.codeplex.com/releases/That works great here!
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v54 still times out for me (if left idle, get Passport Header Not Found), but unlike v53, simply clicking Stop and then Start restores it... don't have to Exit and restart Bridge anymore.
Thanks Jochen. No one deserves the shabby lack of support you are enduring.
Thanks,
David
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Does not the new bridge v54 support Windows XP? Since I still prefer to use classic Outlook Express as my newsreader, better than Live Mail.
The bridge can be installed on Windows XP with .net Framework 4, but cannot run properly.
Any one who can help?
David Wilkinson | Visual C++ MVP
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Is this working reliably for anybody?
I am still getting the Passport Header Not Found error.
Igor Tandetnik
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Is this working reliably for anybody?
I am still getting the Passport Header Not Found error.
David Wilkinson | Visual C++ MVP
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Does not the new bridge v54 support Windows XP? Since I still prefer to use classic Outlook Express as my newsreader, better than Live Mail.
The bridge can be installed on Windows XP with .net Framework 4, but cannot run properly.
Any one who can help?
I have it running on XP with SeaMonkey (similar to Thunderbird). Like others I am having the Passport Header Not Found problem, but it is no worse than on my Windows 7 machine.
David Wilkinson | Visual C++ MVP
When I tried to launch the new bridge after installing it successfully on Windows XP, a very large dialogue with full of error messages appeared. After closing this large dialogue, there will be a common "This program encounters a problem and needs to be closed" notification appeared. So I could not see a launched bridge. And there will be a new crash dump file created in the new bridge installation folder. I have no idea about the large error dialogue. Any one who can help? -
When I tried to launch the new bridge after installing it successfully on Windows XP, a very large dialogue with full of error messages appeared. After closing this large dialogue, there will be a common "This program encounters a problem and needs to be closed" notification appeared. So I could not see a launched bridge. And there will be a new crash dump file created in the new bridge installation folder. I have no idea about the large error dialogue. Any one who can help?
Did you have the NNTP bridge installed since before on the machine?
After my first installation (in Windows 7), I got a message box about "encountered an error and needs to close". I uninstalled and made a fresh install, and now it works smoothly.
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Mine doesn't keep running for more than about three minutes. I can retrieve maybe a couple hundred headers or a dozen message bodies, and then it starts throwing "Passport Header Not Found". Even restarting doesn't help - usually after restart, I get the error right away. I have to shut it down, wait for a while, start it back up, and then it would work for another three minutes. Completely unusable, of course.
For me it works fine. I get the Passport Header after some time, but not very often. I go to the bridge window and press Stop and then Start, and I on the air again. Jochen: would it be possible to have the Bridge to do this automatically?
However, when I initially had installed, I got the error as soon as I tried to access a group. I went into My Settings and unchecked "Use the NNTP bridge", save, checked it again and saved. I assume that you have already done this, as you are able to retrieve headers at all, but I mention it just in case.
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When I tried to launch the new bridge after installing it successfully on Windows XP, a very large dialogue with full of error messages appeared. After closing this large dialogue, there will be a common "This program encounters a problem and needs to be closed" notification appeared. So I could not see a launched bridge. And there will be a new crash dump file created in the new bridge installation folder. I have no idea about the large error dialogue. Any one who can help?
Did you have the NNTP bridge installed since before on the machine?
After my first installation (in Windows 7), I got a message box about "encountered an error and needs to close". I uninstalled and made a fresh install, and now it works smoothly.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.seYes, I had another version "Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge v1.1" installed, which was originally downloaded from http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums.
I tried to uninstall this version and v54, and did a fresh install. But v54 still has the same issue.
I will post a new thread and provide the error dialogue and crash dump file. Would you please have a look?
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I will post a new thread and provide the error dialogue and crash dump file. Would you please have a look???
I looked, but since my expertise is in SQL Server and not UI applications, there is not much I can say with confidence. My gut feeling, though, is that it is time to retire Windows XP. Yes, XP is nice in many ways compared to the newer "modern" operating systems. But it has one distinct drawback: it's a 32-bit OS. So the clock is ticking.
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Once I've caught up with the backlog of newsgroups I find its working for me if I regularly stop/start (not exit) the bridge. If I forget to stop/start then I invariably get the 503 error.
However, I find that when I've left my PC sleeping and resume, stop/start doesn't get things going. I then need to exit and restart the bridge to eliminate the 503 error.
I wonder what's going on here?
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Am 03.11.2013 schrieb David Lowndes:
However, I find that when I've left my PC sleeping and resume, stop/start doesn't get things going. I then need to exit and restart the bridge to eliminate the 503 error.
Same here, pls post on the Bridge-Homepage:
http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/workitem/list/basic
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For the "Passport header not found" error, please see:
https://communitybridge.codeplex.com/workitem/11372
Jochen Kalmbach (MVP VC++)