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Re: Message awaiting authentication
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Wed, 26 Nov 2003 22:01:53 GMT
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Don Heyse wrote:
> Just a short while ago there was a visually impaired guy on RTL looking
> for help building old lego sets. Lugnet is probably closed to him
> because of the web interface and the non-standard NNTP password
> authentication scheme used here. A more impressive feat for your clever
> coder would be to come up with a scheme that works, using the standard
> NNTP protocol so that guy can continue to use his NNTP to speach or
> braille device *and* participate on lugnet.
I don't get this. The LUGNET limitation would be that posting setup is
HTTP-based, but I think it's all text, really. After that, HTTP is an
*option*, but you can get by (better, IMHO) with SMTP or SMTP and NNTP.
I'm not seeing how someone who can do NNTP would have trouble with
SMTP---heck, I use the same client for both[1].
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/tws/
Remove capital letters in address for direct reply.
[1] Yes, I know I should use Mutt, but Pine does just fine for me. . .
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| (...) You're missing the point Larry. NNTP is a well supported, standardized interface. Because of this, there are many very nice already existing NNTP clients. (I remember using EMACS to read NNTP news while editing code perhaps 20 years ago). (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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