From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org ([63.224.68.2]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18vSFl-0005p6-00 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:20:25 -0500 Received: from localhost (wb2flw.octothorp.org [127.0.0.1]) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2J1KJdp004252 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 01:20:19 GMT Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 18:20:19 -0700 (MST) From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: newsreaders In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I've never heard of bc authentication, but for the standard authentication on every NNTP server I've seen, you just need to make sure that the username is the one the server wants. If it's the same as your login name on your own system, just enter the password. If it's different, put /user=username at the end of the nntp-serverr line in .pinerc. HTH. -- Bill in Denver On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Alex Snow wrote: > Hi All, > > What's a good newsreader to use on linux? My nntp server needs > authentication so I need a newsreader that supports that. I already tried > pine but it cant connect bc authentication fails. > Thanks in advance for any help. > > > -- > A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >