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Re: Message awaiting authentication
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Date:
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Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:35:35 GMT
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"Neb Okla" <n_okla@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:HoyvDq.E0p@lugnet.com...
> I don't want to use the web client. It's clunky.
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> With NNTP, I can read posts offline, choose my NNTP client (thus finding a
> UI that is right for me), etc.
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> Thanks for the info though. Now I know that throwing $10 at lugnet won't
> fix the problem.
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> I skimmed the discussions below.
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> I also know that Lugnet members have a username and password. One would
> wonder then why the NNTP service simply doesn't require a user to login?
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> I know this can be done, because I operate one such NNTP server and it • keeps
> the Spam and bad people out, and also doesn't require cumbersome • "approval"
> messages for every post.
Man, that'd be a great idea! Then my inbox wouldn't fill up with those dang
authentication emails!
Todd, can we do something like this? Outlook Express (and other news
readers) have a checkbox in the settings that states that the server
requires login, and allows for a username and password. I figure the
username would be the lugnet member number and the passwordis [well] the
password...
Rob
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