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From: Thorsten
Date: 30 Aug 2020 10:45:40
Message: <5f4bbb94$1@news.povray.org>

On 30.08.2020 10:48, Kenneth wrote:
> I have always used a web browser to connect to the newsgroups here (I currently
> use the latest version of Firefox, on Windows 7). Beginning around June of 2020,
> Firefox decided to deprecate some older https security protocols, called "TLS
> 1.0" and "TLS 1.1"-- replacing them with "TLS 1.2"-- the result being that
> Firefox will no longer connect to the newsgroups. See this link...

Ehm, the web news interface does not use HTTPS. It uses plain HTTP and 
works in the current Firefox without problems.

Thorsten

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