Re: sorry! newbie here!

On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:07:08 +0000, "Pong2 SW"
<[email protected]> wrote:


>I'm new to frost, and not used to newsgroups either. Setting up and running frost was not a problem. After frost has started up, it had default boards set. Secure boards are marked with a little key right? &nbsp;If i know the public and private key of a board, can i add that board to my list of boards and write and receive messages to and from those boards (right click --&gt;configure selected board --&gt; public/ private key) when updating the board list? And whats the function&nbsp;of the generate new key pair? &nbsp;<BR>Now, receiving messages from the default boards is no prob. But i cannot post any messages, it will return after some time saying it cannot be send or something. So i cannot request any boards on the Boards board :-) I also do not understand how messages are "spread". If someone posts a message on the&nbsp;Boards board, and i update that board, will i see 
>that message? How about replying? If i reply to a message, will my reply will be added to that message?
>Sorry for so many questions, but im a newbie!

	First of all, please, do not use html here. This a mailing
list, and therefore, plain text should be used.

	Now, about your questions:

	- Yes, if you know the public and private keys of a board, you
can add it to your Frost and use it. To do it, just do as you said:
create new board, configure it, select secure board and type both the
private and the public keys in there.

	- The function of the button to generate a new key pair is
just that: to generate a new key pair. ;-) That is used when you want
to create a brand new secure board.

	- About posting new messages, Frost will fail to send them
from time to time, but it automatically retries, so at the end, it
will succeed. However, if your Freenet node is properly configured,
those failures shouldn't be common.

	- Yes, if someone posts a message on the Boards board and you
refresh it, you will see it *after a while*. That is, they don't
spread inmediately: it takes some time.

	- If you reply to a message, you are effectively creating a
new message: threading is not implemented yet.

	If you have any more questions, please, feel free to ask (here
or on the forum on the web site).

	Kind regards.
-- 
Jose M. Arnesto
j[insert my surname here]@computer.org



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