[leafnode-list] Re: Thunderbird 91.1.1 doesn't like Leafnode.

[Doug Laidlaw]

On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:25:55 +1000
"Gary R. Schmidt via leafnode-list" <leafnode-list at leafnode.org> wrote:

> On 26/09/2021 16:08, Gary R. Schmidt via leafnode-list wrote:
> > At least, that's what it looks like.
> > 
> > After I've sent this I will try and raise it with the Thunderbird
> > mob, but I don't expect to get much traction there.  :-(
> > 
> > Windows 10, Pro, 64 bit.
> > 
> > Solaris 11.4, Leafnode-1.11.2, been stable for years.
> > 
> > Upgraded Thunderbird 78.14.0 to 91.1.1 (after saving my profile), 
> > everything looks okay.
> > 
> > Read a couple of newsfroups, no problem, click on another one, blam!
> > 
> > Thunderbird offers to report the failure, fails to do so!
> > 
> > Rinse, lather, repeat a couple of times, cannot find a pattern,
> > there are 93 newsgroups in my news.rc file.
> > 
> > I'll activate debugging in Leafnode, and see if that shows me
> > anything. 
> As I expected, it's not Leafnode's fault - well, it's not logging any 
> errors:
> (It just happens that alt.comp.software.firefox is the last group in
> my .rc file.  :-) )
> ...
> 
> I've posted this to save time for anyone who comes across the same
> problem.
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 		Gary	B-)

Thunderbird comes into the scene *after* Leafnode.  I don't see how what
you use to read the news can affect what you use to download the news.
The news is either on your disk to be read, or it isn't.