 | | Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional? —Dan Boger
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| | | (...) this has been brought up before... however, NNTP authentication only makes sure you are allowed to log in to the server, it doesn't enforce you not posting as anyone else.... (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional? —Sonnich Jensen
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| | | | | (...) But still - for me it seems simply to verify the password, username, and the name email to what lugnet have in databases. Sonnich (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional? —Daniel Crichton
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| | | | "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:20010620120544....ron.com... (...) there is (...) password. (...) but we (...) it (...) browsers? (...) So why not have the NNTP server check the id and password against the name and email address (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional? —Dan Boger
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| | | | (...) that would be a good option, if it was possible. From my (limited) understanding of NNTP servers, once they authorize you to post, they do not do any more checks. Being open-source, of course, means we could potentially modify the server to do (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional? —Daniel Crichton
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| | | | "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:20010621072509....ron.com... (...) makes (...) not (...) name (...) the (...) Todd must have already modified the server to handle checking the sender name and email address against those registered (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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