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    From BiggieB@1:103/705 to all on Wed May 20 09:03:17 2026
    I've been getting this error message recently and not sure how to fix it. The SSL seems to be fine though when connecting via https.

    Running 3.21e for Win

    5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT Running native timed event: ?letsyncrypt.js
    5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT !JavaScript C:\SBBS\exec\load\acmev2.js line 87: Error: Error fetching directory
    5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT Timed event: '?letsyncrypt.js' returned -1

    Thanks!
    -Brian

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to BiggieB on Wed May 20 11:07:12 2026
    Re: Lets Encrypt
    By: BiggieB to all on Wed May 20 2026 09:03 am

    I've been getting this error message recently and not sure how to fix it. The SSL seems to be fine though when connecting via https.

    Running 3.21e for Win

    5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT Running native timed event: ?letsyncrypt.js
    5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT !JavaScript C:\SBBS\exec\load\acmev2.js line 87: Error: Error fetching directory
    5/20 08:58:11a SYNCRYPT Timed event: '?letsyncrypt.js' returned -1

    Sounds like your system is having troubles performing an HTTP "get" for https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
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  • From BiggieB@1:266/325 to Digital Man on Wed May 20 19:29:58 2026

    Re: Lets Encrypt
    By: BiggieB to all on Wed May 20 2026 09:03 am

    Sounds like your system is having troubles performing an HTTP "get" for https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
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    digital man (rob)

    Thanks for the quick reply. The system can reach the URL and it just displays the following. Is this something I need to edit to fix this, or something I need to reconfigure? Not sure what I need to do.

    {
    "X9CJgP9qa2s": "https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/adding-random-entries-to- the-directory/33417",
    "keyChange": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/key-change",
    "meta": {
    "caaIdentities": [
    "letsencrypt.org"
    ],
    "profiles": {
    "classic": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/profiles#classic",
    "shortlived": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/profiles#shortlived",
    "tlsclient": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/profiles#tlsclient",
    "tlsserver": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/profiles#tlsserver"
    },
    "termsOfService": "https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.6-August-18-2025.pdf",
    "website": "https://letsencrypt.org/docs/staging-environment/"
    },
    "newAccount": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-acct",
    "newNonce": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-nonce",
    "newOrder": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-order",
    "renewalInfo": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/renewal-info",
    "revokeCert": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/revoke-cert" }

    Thanks!
    -Brian
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to BiggieB on Wed May 20 17:44:32 2026
    Re: Lets Encrypt
    By: BiggieB to Digital Man on Wed May 20 2026 07:29 pm

    Thanks for the quick reply. The system can reach the URL and it just displays the following. Is this something I need to edit to fix this, or something I need to reconfigure? Not sure what I need to do.

    Maybe just a retry is all you needed?
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  • From Biggieb@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Mon Jun 1 04:28:42 2026

    Re: Lets Encrypt
    By: BiggieB to Digital Man on Wed May 20 2026 07:29 pm

    Maybe just a retry is all you needed?
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    I'm still having an issue with Let's Encrypt. I'm still getting the error "Error fetching directory" and now mycert has expired and can't renew it and the web server is down.

    I can ping "acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org" and also reach the url "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory" but it's still not working. Not sure what happened because it was working fine.

    I have no outbound firewall rules in place and I have all the necessary ports open for inbound.

    Thanks for you help!

    6/1 07:06:00a SYNCRYPT !JavaScript C:\SBBS\exec\load\acmev2.js line 87: Error: Error fetching directory
    6/1 07:06:00a SYNCRYPT Timed event: '?letsyncrypt.js' returned -

    C:\sbbs\exec>jsexec letsyncrypt

    JSexec v3.21e-Win32 master/dba8d48f1 - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module Compiled Mar 17 2026 01:22 with MSC 1944

    Loading configuration files from C:\sbbs\ctrl
    JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
    JavaScript: Creating runtime: 167772160 bytes

    Reading script from C:\sbbs\exec\letsyncrypt.js
    C:\sbbs\exec\letsyncrypt.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
    !JavaScript C:\sbbs\exec\load\acmev2.js line 87: Error: Error fetching directory
    C:\sbbs\exec\letsyncrypt.js executed in 0.80 seconds
    !Module (letsyncrypt) set exit_code: 1

    JavaScript: Destroying context
    JavaScript: Destroying runtime

    Returning error code: 1
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