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Frequent Asked Questions

  1. Why I need to register ?
  2. Are the services totally free?
  3. Who are the owners of X-Privat.Org?
  4. My preferred newsgroup lacks. Can you add it to X-Privat.Org?
  5. How I can signal eventual abuses of the service news and mail?
  6. How I can request a feed to x-privat.org?
  7. Where I can find statistics of access to the web server?
  8. How I must set up my newsreader in order to read the news?
  9. How I must set up my mail client?
  10. I am registered to the service but I do not succeed to use it, can I signal technical problems?
  11. Which limits of post are on the newsserver?
  12. The newsserver is rather slow, which is the problem?
  13. Which difference is between an account with domain @x-privat.org and @x-planet.org?
  14. How is composed the core of X-Privat.Org?
  15. Can I have access via WEB to my email account?
  16. Have the mailbox some filters, are there some block lists?
  17. Is there an antivirus system in order to protect my mailbox?
  18. Which it is the policy of your services and where I can find more informations?
  19. How I can be cancelled totally from all the services of X-Privat.Org?
  20. Is active a service IMAP4 on the account mail?
  21. Is it possible to cooperate with the staff of x-privat.org?
  22. Can I read the news via WEB?
  23. Who is entrusted X-Privat.org to for the maintenance of the Italian hierarchies?
  24. Can I use my email account for trades aims?
  25. Can I use SSL for the newsserver?
  26. I have forgotten my password, how I can find it again?
  27. Is it anonymous the NNTP service?
  28. What is the supporter account? How to become SUPPORTERS of X-Privat.Org?
  29. How to check if my prefered newsgroup is carried?
  30. Does exist a discussion group about the X-Privat services?
  31. Can I change my subscription email account?
  32. What is the SHORTLINK service?
  33. Can I have my own FQDN to use inside my MID?
  34. Can I use my personal FQDN with other servers?
  35. What is the 480 Access Denied error?
  36. What port should I connect to?

1. Why I need to register?

It is necessary to register in order to prevent spam or abuse with our server. A real control of the origin of the messages is possible only with the registration process.

2. Are the services totally free?

Yes, our basic service are free of charge.

3. Who are the owners of X-Privat.Org?

X-Privat.Org is a server of property of INTEGRA SISTEMI s.r.l. whose legal representative holder is Carlo Caccia

4. My preferred newsgroup lacks. Can you add it to X-Privat.Org?

You can ask to add your prefferred newsgroup writing to the newsmaster, clicking here

5. How I can signal eventual abuses of the news services news and mail services?

You can send your signalling to the Abuse staff or completing the form that you can find here .

6. How I can request a feed to X-Privat.Org?

You can request a feed writing to the newsmaster

7. Where i can find access statistics of the web server?

You can read statistics of the web server by clicking here.

8. How I must set up my newsreader in order to read the news?

The newsserver requires the authentication. In your newsreader you must set up news.x-privat.org like a newsserver and insert your userID and password assigned at the moment of the registration .

9. How I must set up my mail client?

You must insert the following data in your email-client:

Server POP3: pop.x-privat.org

Server SMTP: mail.x-privat.org (Port 587)

Server IMAP: imap.x-privat.org

For the authentication to SMTP, you must insert the UserID and your password. Remember that userId must include the name of the domain (@x-privat.org or @x-planet.org)

10. I am registered to the service but i fail to use it, i can signal technical problems ?

The signallings must be sent exclusively to the staff of X-Privat.Org by clicking here

11. Which limits of posting are on the newsserver?

The NEWS service can support 12 IP connections for single user and a total of 4000 users connected at the same time. The limits of download is fixed in 50 Mb/day for the free of charge service

12. The newsserver is rather slow, which is the problem? ?

The problem could be a bottlenecks between the net of your ISP and ours, or an excessive overloaded on the same server

13. Which difference is between an account with domain @x-privat.org and @x-planet.org?

No difference, the domain n X-Planet.Org is been born before X-Privat.Org

14. How is composed the core of X-Privat.org?

You can have more information clicking here

15. Can i have access via WEBMAIL?

Yes, going to the page http://mail.x-privat.org

16. Have the mailbox some filters, are there block lists?

Yes, X-Privat.Org has some filters (default) that you can disable writing to the Staff

The currently lists of block are:

17. Is active an antivirus system in order to protect my mailbox?

Yes, the mail server has an antivirus (default) multi daily updates. We reject the attachments with executable files.

18. Which it is the policy of your services and where I can find more informations?

You can find the newsserver policy clicking here. All our users must respect our AUP/TOS that you can find here

19. How I can be cancelled totally from all the services of X-Privat.Org?

You can request the cancellation from our services writing to our Staff clicking here

20. Is it active a service IMAP4 for the email account?

Yes

21. Is it possible to cooperate with the staff of X-Privat.Org?

Yes, if you want to cooperate with our Staff, you can write us

22. Can I read the news via WEB?

Yes, using our WebNews Interface

23. Who is entrusted X-Privat.Org to for the maintenance of the Italian hierarchies?

X-Privat.org accept and shares the policy of the GCN for the hierarchy it.*.

24. Can I use my email account for commercial aims?

The answer is categorically NO

25. Can I use SSL for the mail and newsserver?

Yes, you can. For using the X-Privat.Org services with SSL it is necessary to have a newsreader that supports this protocol. Otherwise you can use a tunnel SSL, for example STUNNEL ( http://www.stunnel.org).

26. I have forgotten my password, how I can find again it?

For the registrations to service NEWS you can use the LostPass . The mail with the password will be sent to the mail address used during the registration in order to prevent abuses of service.

For the password of the mail service you must send a FAX to the number +39-0331-246253 with a copy of your identity document

27. Is it anonymous the NNTP service?

Yes, the NNTP service is anonymous but the connections are logged and all attempts at fraud will be prosecuted.

28. What is the supporter account? How to become SUPPORTERS of X-Privat.Org?

The SUPPORTERS are users that payed the service to access to our news servers.

29. How to check if my prefered newsgroup is carried?

Simple, clicking here .

30. Does exist a discussion group about the X-Privat services?

Yes, you can ask help and find more info about troubleshouting in our newsgroups x-privat.support , clicking here . The news about our services are posted to our newsgroup x-privat.info .

31. Can I change my subscription email account?

No, you must delete your old account and create again a new one

32. What is the SHORTLINK service?

The SHORTLINK service is a URL Redirect that permits to reduce the lenght of the link URL

33. Can I have my own FQDN to use inside my MID?

Yes, follow this link . The service is free of charge

34. Can I use my personal FQDN with other servers?

Yes, no problem!

35. What is the 480 Access Denied error?

You get this error for the following reason:

36. What port should I connect to?

Port 119 is the default NNTP port, but we support the port 8080, too. The server only allow encrypted SSL connections on port 563

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