I am a user, trying to retrieve some feed information but the system seemed not being able to recognise the web address provided by the information supplier.
System Port: only port 80 is open
Application Drupal 6.9
Process: Administration, Feed Aggregator, add Feed
Source Address:
1. http://www.smh.com.au/rsschannels/ which has a list of items for subscribing
2 http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/rss/ENVIRONMENT.xml
Problem:
1. After enter the web address in the Aggregator and click Update Items, the Drupal 6.9 system feed back a message, "The URL http://feeds.smh.com.au/rssheadlines/top.xml is invalid. Please enter a fully-qualified URL, such as http://www.example.com/feed.xml" . However the address seemed to be no problem, as by just click an icon MyYahoo next to it, I can see it immediately inside my account with Yahoo.
2. I also tried several other Reed providers such as http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/rss/ENVIRONMENT.xml. But this time, after click Update Items, the Drupal system sent a message said "The feed from City of Sydney seems to be broken, because of error "-110 Connection timed out".
They may be related to whether there is a need to get a permision from information service provider, or whether a unique port number needs to be open, but so far there is no clear answer to be found at the Drupal website.