Do you mean it works now?Lekkerbru wrote:xennews works fine and has been tested
error message timeout
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Also I have turned off software called little snitch which asks if want to allow sites etc. Checked firewall and nothing
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my xennews worked as a friend of mine tried my details using his sabnzdb, but he has a PC and no problems whereas something seems to be stopping my sabnzbd linking to my xennews
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Still not working i'm afraid 
really appreciate all your support in trying to fix it
really appreciate all your support in trying to fix itRe: error message timeout
So:
you can't reach xennews
you can reach eweka
Strange. I don't understand what is going on. So some trial-n-error aka analys: Can you fill out these servers (which are the IP-addresses for xennews), with your xennews credentials:
81.171.92.194
81.171.118.173
What is the result?
you can't reach xennews
you can reach eweka
Strange. I don't understand what is going on. So some trial-n-error aka analys: Can you fill out these servers (which are the IP-addresses for xennews), with your xennews credentials:
81.171.92.194
81.171.118.173
What is the result?
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Put these as the host in the server section?
sorry very new to this
sorry very new to this
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Yes. Create two new server settings.Lekkerbru wrote:Put these as the host in the server section?
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done what you said and it's working. Tried both and ok 
Thanks so much for your help and patience with this. had no idea what was wrong with it
Thanks so much for your help and patience with this. had no idea what was wrong with itRe: error message timeout
Good that it works, but it's not good that we can't find out the reason. So let's go one step deeper:
Click on the Wrench symbol (upper right corner), then Show Logging. Open the download sabnzbd.log log file. Find a line like this:
So with "Quickest IP address for news.xennews.com" in it.
Post the output here.
Click on the Wrench symbol (upper right corner), then Show Logging. Open the download sabnzbd.log log file. Find a line like this:
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2016-05-17 15:13:49,492::INFO::[happyeyeballs:111] Quickest IP address for news.xennews.com (port 119, ssl 0, preferipv6 True) is 81.171.92.194
Post the output here.
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Hi there
Downloaded log and no such line in there i'm afraid. My friend who had logged into my xennews account to try on his sabnzbd was thinking it could have been DNS issues with the xnenews line linked to the host
Downloaded log and no such line in there i'm afraid. My friend who had logged into my xennews account to try on his sabnzbd was thinking it could have been DNS issues with the xnenews line linked to the host
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If there is no "happyeyeballs" line, it means your name resolving gives max 1 IP address. That is strange. DNS problem?
You can only find out if you can get a terminal login on your box running SABnzbd. I don't know if you can do that. If so, type this on the terminal prompt:
and
Post the output here.
You can only find out if you can get a terminal login on your box running SABnzbd. I don't know if you can do that. If so, type this on the terminal prompt:
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host news.xennews.comCode: Select all
nslookup news.xennews.com