Hello all,

I was having same trouble so i have done some test about it.

It's happend only when ANONYMOUS group haven't access to the module or not access to any category/forum too.

So i don't think it was a bug. Right or wrong ?

Good work ! That's a great module.

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set RSS cache time to 0 in newbb module preferences -- it is not a suggestion for fix but just some trial.

Ah! I've been watching this thread for months, waiting for this answer.

The combination of adding Anonymous permissions *and* setting the RSS cache time to zero is what finally did the trick for me.

Thanks for figuring this out!!

I've got the same problem, but when I set RSS cache time to 0, it's the same.

http://www.animekensei.com/modules/newbb/rss.php

Does anybody know?

It all seems to work on my site. The feed should work on any forums that have basic rights set for anonymous users (since it is an anon user pulling the feed). Have you made sure that you have the proper templates installed? If you have custom templates you must have them updated (RSS templates are specific to newbb2 version).

hello Wonder.

looking at your site, you have not given the "anonymous" user group permission to access the Forum part of your site.

go to the Administration Menu,
go to System Admin,
go to Groups,
go to Modify, anonymous users

once you're there, give those anonymous users permission to access the NewBB (Forum) module.

you *also* need to set the cache time to 0 -- both of these together are what solved the problem for me.

if you don't want to give anonymous users read-only permissions to view your Forums, the RSS feed is a security hole because it will let people read your forums without actually entering them. so, although it is ugly, it's actually a Good Thing that RSS doesn't work if you haven't given people permission to look at your Forums area.

it might be a nice enhancement to code a little error trap that is a little bit of an explanation -- something like "RSS is disabled - to enable RSS, contact system administrator and ask that anonymous users be given access to NewBB" or some such.