On Wednesday 21 May 2008 02:23, William J Brown wrote: > I've been trying to use freenet for a week. > > I can't send mail or post a msg using FMS. > > Freenet is going nowhere without without some easy way to get help. > > I set up Outlook's news server for local host 1119, and i get FMS boards, but can't send, it tries to send on port 3025 for freemail i think. When i go to use windows exploder, it won't connect to the internet, thinks it's suppose to use localhost port 1119. Normally i don't use all this microsoft junk, but Freenet put a plugin on my firefox.
First off, using Internet Explorer with Freenet is *STRONGLY* discouraged, because Internet Explorer's behaviour with MIME type detection makes it impossible to prevent freesites from breaking your anonymity. Secondly, what is the problem with using the customised Firefox profile we provide exactly? It is optimised for use with Freenet, and you can access it by simply clicking on "Browse Freenet". Thirdly, you are confusing the instructions for settings up FMS with those for setting up Freenet. FMS is a completely separate application. To access Freenet, you need to point your browser to http://127.0.0.1:8888/ (usually), although as I said the customised Firefox is the best option for several reasons. You have already set up FMS, and you've connected your newsreader to it. You can't post messages because you haven't announced your identity yet. You need to open http://127.0.0.1:8080/. Then click on Create Identity and make an identity (if you haven't already done this). Then click on Announce Identity and do 30 or so of the CAPTCHAs. Then wait 24 hours, because it takes a while for it to pick it up. When your identity has been successfully announced, this will show on the Local Identities page, and you will then be able to post messages. Unfortunately the last part of the instructions are neither on the FMS site nor on the Freenet Applications Freesite. I will forward your complaint, hopefully we can have the documentation mention the need to announce. My view is that FMS is much less user friendly than it could be, mainly because it doesn't have any proper interface - Frost was much more user-friendly, but was vulnerable to massive denial of service attacks, which have more or less shut it down now. > > Too damn difficult. I don't see a simple "what you should do type of document" Where did you hear about Freemail and FMS? The Freenet Applications Freesite? Or from IRC? Or somewhere else? > > 1. install freenet > 2. install freemail > 3. d/l some 3rd party mail prog because ms sucks. > > With no guide and now live help, I think the application is worthless. Live help is available on IRC. I agree the documentation should be improved. But Freenet itself consists only of the web interface (allows you to manage your node and access anonymous websites) and a couple of bundled applications (for filesharing and uploading freesites). -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080521/ee880a29/attachment.pgp>
