Genecast News Service FAQGenecast News Service FAQWhat are common mistakes in feed content- November 4, 2002 Dates Are either missing or incorrectly formatted. Even professional news sites regularly don't bother to put a timestamp on their content, or make up some random format. If you want your stream to be properly processed by anything non-human, make sure dates are formatted according to RFC 822. Character encoding It can happen to anyone. Your stream doesn't properly define its character encoding. All goes well until at one point you use special characters. Parsers that attempt to read your...http://www.genecast.com/news/questions.jsp?id=11 Can I post to newsgroups- November 4, 2002 No, you can not post to the newsgroups in the Genecast News Service. All content is generated from XML newsfeeds. If you want to be present in the Genecast News Service, set up an XML newsfeed and add the URL to the Genecast server at this submission page.http://www.genecast.com/news/questions.jsp?id=10 Who's moderating these newsgroups- November 4, 2002 No one is. The Genecast News Service is completely automated. Anyone can add a newsfeednewsgroup to the service, using this submission page. A name for the newsgroup will be generated from the feed title or description. The new feed will be available as a newsgroup immediately. Occasionally I rename newsgroups to more appropriate distributions like "news", "sports", "technology", etc. When this happens the old newsgroup will contain a status message indicating the transition (for some time --.http://www.genecast.com/news/questions.jsp?id=9 How long are messages stored on the server- November 4, 2002 A newsgroup contains exactly what the corresponding XML feed contains. This means that messages are deleted from the server as soon as they disappear from the newsfeed.http://www.genecast.com/news/questions.jsp?id=8 Why does MS Outlook Express not remember my password- November 4, 2002 Here are two possible answers to that question. Secure Password Authentication While implementing NTLM auhtentication for the Genecast server I noticed the following: Outlook Express remembers the account credentials you enter when setting up your account perfectly well when you leave the option "log on using secure password authentication" UNchecked. As soon as you choose to log on with secure password authentication, Outlook Express forgets the usernamepassword combination you specified and...http://www.genecast.com/news/questions.jsp?id=7 Why does MS Outlook Express ask for my password twice- November 4, 2002 Most newsreaders, including MS Outlook Express, make multiple simultaneous connections with the Genecast server. For example, one connection to fetch the message you just selected, and one to check if there are new messages in the active newsgroup. When Outlook Express needs your account credentials, it may prompt you with several password dialogs at the same time -- one for each active connection. Unfortunately this is normal behaviour. There's nothing you can do but enter your password...http://www.genecast.com/news/questions.jsp?id=6 How good are your GETs- November 3, 2002 Excellent -- thanks. HTTP requests for XML feeds done by the Genecast News Service carry the "if-modified-since" and "if-none-match" headers when possible, as described by RFC 2616.http://www.genecast.com/news/questions.jsp?id=4 Where can I find information on how to set up my newsreader- November 3, 2002 You'll find it on the Genecast News Service configuration page.http://www.genecast.com/news/questions.jsp?id=3 |