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  Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
 
"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)
 
  Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
 
"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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