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 _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
