[Users] Can't download posts from Eternal-September NNTP servers

[Rajib Bandopadhyay]

On 05/09/2014, Michael Rasmussen
<mir at miras.org> wrote:

...[/snipped]
[Michael]
> 3.8.1 is more than 2 years old so try
> to install a newer version an see
> whether this solves your problem.
> 
> Newer versions can be downloaded here:
> http://www.claws-mail.org/downloads.php?section=downloads
> 
> If you are using Debian stable you
> can fetch latest release from Debian
> backports:
> http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/


A two-year old package shouldn't be a
reason for its non-functionality,
should it? :) I use Knoppix, which is a
fork of Debian.

Okay, I will try the latest download
and see whether it solves my problem.

Thanks for replying.


[Paul]
[/snipped]

I tried it. It works!
...
You're doing something wrong!

The accountrc file is pasted below:
______________________________________
Freedom is impossible to perceive
comprehensively by anyone

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