Re: [Pan-users] Trouble with Pan and news.grc.com

[Kurt Schilling]

Beartooth wrote:
>       I have posted (today or quite recently) to both grc.techtalk and 
> grc.techtalk.linux. Just now, I followed a suggestion (replying to a post 
> of mine) on one of them that I cross-post to both, with follow-ups set to 
> one.
> 
>       I did. 
> 
>       I kept getting warnings, editing posting profiles, finding 
> nothing wrong, ad nauseam. Finally I told Pan to post anyway.
> 
>       It came back instantly with an assertion as bald as it was 
> false : "You are not allowed to post to _____."
> 
>       Whence cometh this bad craziness?? What do I do about it???
> 

At grc.com you have to set a posting ID. This is an authentication that
Steve mandated years ago. This is called your CECIL ID.

Fire up your browser and go here:
http://www.imilly.com/noregrets.htm

Milly has all the answers about how to set up you CECIL ID etc..
Not so subtle hint: your CECIL ID will be you USID.

> 
> Before posting any articles to the GRC server you must configure your 
> newsreader to logon with a Username and Password. You can NOT use the 
> "anonymous" or "don't need to logon" mode of your newsreader if you wish to 
> post your own articles. You CAN use anonymous logon if you only wish to read 
> existing articles.
> 
> If you are new to this system, please scroll down to
> the "How It Works" section below to learn more.
> 
> Briefly . . .
> 1             Choose one long and unique passphrase of up to 29 characters.
>                
> 2             Then place it in each of your newsreader's username and 
> password fields.
>                
> 3             Finally, set your newsreader to always logon using them. That's 
> all there is to it.

HtH,

Cheers,
Kurt Steinhauser