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29 Apr 2024 04:02:15 EDT (-0400)
  Re: latest FIREFOX prevents connection to newsgroups  
From: Ton
Date: 30 Aug 2020 20:30:01
Message: <web.5f4c4385e699e4f5d797883e0@news.povray.org>
"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Thorsten <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
>
> >
> > Ehm, the web news interface does not use HTTPS. It uses plain HTTP and
> > works in the current Firefox without problems.
> >
>
> Hmm, then there is a mystery somewhere ;-)
>
> The URL I see when I go to the 'main'(?) newsgroups page (the one I always
> access) is this...
>
> https://news.povray.org/groups/
>
> ....uh, not HTTP.
>
> I'm currently running the latest Firefox update, that I downloaded several days
> ago-- v80.0 -- which blocked that newsgroups page, with the warning I mentioned
> earlier (that is, until I instructed Firefox to 'roll back' to the older
> security protocols).

Just use http://news.povray.org/groups/

Cheers
Ton


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