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I guess it is because of the required http authorization with newzbin?

The bookmarks function works if you
a) have still have credit with newzbin and
b) filled your correct newzbin username and password in Config->Newzbin.

I have done both things, and it worked before. Now the msgids get imported, but every single post sais: "fetching msgid xxxxxx from "www.newzbin.com". But it never gets them. Hmm, maybe something else got broken. It has the same error when I try to add a post by msgid (on the first page).

Downloading the nzb from newzbin and putting it in the nzb_blackhole directory works though.

Thanks for your comment btw, looks like I have to find the problem on my end somewhere.

Have you tried to restart SABnzbd?
Maybe the thread that does newzbin communication crashed.
Also, look in the sabnzbd.ini file to check if your password is OK.

I have the exact same problems since a couple of weeks ago. I have credits, haven't changed my SABnzbd installation, have restarted...
It just stalls with: fetching msgid xxxxx from www.newzbin.com

Maybe something with HTTP Auth that was implemented in Newzbin about the same time?

I don't have a clue.
My connection to newzbin works like it always did.
I tested 0.4.11 and the latest test release.
So it's unlikely that they changed their protocols, we would have had much more complaints.

I'm still on 0.4.9... I will upgrade this weekend and see if there is a change.

I have now upgraded (ran into a little problem with cheetah so had to disable session key though).

But, its still the same thing. When fetching bookmarks from Newzbin and when I try to add a post by ID it just halts...

Do you run SABnzbd on Windows?

No, I run it on FreeNAS (FreeBSD).

But, I solved it! I emptied the cache folder and that was it. It started working again...
I have no idea what could be in the cache folder that makes SABnzbd behave in that way?
Maybe Beave can try and do the same and see if it works for him too?

Could be a corrupt bookmarks.sab file.
Do you always close the system (and especially SABnzbd) properly?

I try to. I have a command script (/usr/bin/fetch http://192.168.0.99:7777/sabnzbd/shutdown) that is run when I shutdown/reboot FreeNAS (used to have session key in there too).
But, power failures don't run any command scripts

Would a corrupt bookmarks.sab file affect adding a post by ID in the interface too?

No, it should not.
Corruption is not very likely since it's just a single file that written in less than a second.
Corruption of the queue is much more likely since it depends on the consistency
of a set of files, written at different times.
Corruption of the queue can have all sorts of nasty side-effects.
We have preliminary plans to do something about it, but it's a very big job.

BTW: if you leave out the session key, SABnzbd will not shutdown.
(unless you disabled the security feature altogether).

Yes, I have disabled the API key.
When I tried to upgraded from 0.4.9 to 0.4.11 there was a problem with Cheetah (to new version) and Python2.6. So, the only way I could solve it was to disable the API key.

I wish I could help, but even though I work as a software developer my skills are mainly in PL/SQL and Oracle...

ragonline wrote: I have now upgraded (ran into a little problem with cheetah so had to disable session key though).

But, its still the same thing. When fetching bookmarks from Newzbin and when I try to add a post by ID it just halts...

Hi,

I've just got SABnzbd up and running on my new QNAP NAS, ....appears to be working just fine.

However, I've got the same problem as these guys....I do not appear to be able to integrate it with my newzbin account.

There are two problems ;

a) Forcing a 'fetch all bookmarked nzb' from the Newzbin config screen didn't do anything for me, at all.
b) adding a newzbin message ID manually (or sending an nzb with SABnzbStatus) added it to the queue but just shows "fetching msgid xxxxxx from www.newzbin.com".

As suggested on this thread I tried clearing all cache......this didn't solve anything.

Then tried disabling session key.....this solved the 'fetch all bookmarked nzb' issue.....but the queue is now full of "fetching msgid xxxxxx from www.newzbin.com".

My warning log is full of the following;

    *

      2009-09-19 13:44:48,142
      WARNING
      [newzbin] Problem accessing Newzbin server, wait 5 min.

    *

      2009-09-19 13:52:03,142
      WARNING
      [newzbin] Problem accessing Newzbin server, wait 5 min.

This would imply that my log-in details are incorrect, but I have checked and double-checked and they are correctly configured in SABnzb.

EDIT:- OK, now Newzbin has been polled approx 16 times, every 7mins or so, and out of the 90+ NZBs that were bookmarked (and therefore imported) only 6 have been brought into the queue, the remainder are still showing "fetching msgid xxxxxx from www.newzbin.com".

Any help in this matter would be gratefully appreciated

Thanks.