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In article  <20080204.1005.80201001snz$@i-m-t.demon.co.uk>
           v$af$ppint@i-m-t.demon.co.uk "ppint. at pplay" writes:

> - hi; in dipspc article, <1202047503snz@nospam.demon.co.uk>,
>               pete@nospam.demon.co.uk explained:
[..]
> >I have no probs with the standard syntax -- I was wondering more 
> >about authentication.  Looking through the GremNOS source (which 
> >I suppose I should have done before) it seems like the addserver 
> >command ought to be something like:
> >
> >    nntp addserver <$foo> <interval> user <username> <password>
> >
> >(or abbreviated as required). 
> 
>         - ah; might you care to report back upon the efficacy of
>         this, should "nin" prove to require authentication every
>         time you ask it for newnews?
> 
>         - the only alternative newsservers this ppint. has used
>         required the newsserveradmin to've placed *@i-m-t.dcu on
>         their system as authorised to connect to download news,
>         but didn't require a password from me when connecting.

I think I can now confirm that authentication *is* required for 
each connection (and the syntax above seems to do the trick). 
Looking at the dialogue with "nn tr 7" with the auth params 
missing reveals that to be the case, anyway.  And whilst not too 
secure, it's no big deal having the req'd info sitting there in 
autoexec.net.

> >That is indeed Plan A; I once made the mistake of running DIS to 
> >"Maintain newsgroups"
> 
>         - "woops!"
> 
> >and it made a real hash of my then nntp.dat with more than one
> >newsserver entry.
> 
>         - yes; it does that. should you set nin as your default
>         newsserver in DIS, i presume it would then junk all but
>         the nntp.dat entry for nin - but i didn't try doing this
>         with either of the alternate newsservers i used to poll.
> 
> >It's the only time I ever run DIS, as when running addgroup/
> >rmgroup etc. manually I always forget to edit at least one of
> >the important files :-(
> 
>         - *g*  - i found it easier to save my modified nntp.dat,
>         under a sufficiently differentiated name, run DIS, replace
>         the old demon.news bloc in the saved file with that from
>         the new nntp.dat, and then over-write this.

I suspect I will embrace such a plan if/when the time comes to 
change/suspend newsgroups and the like (which happens infrequently 
and probably explains why I forget which files need amending).

>         - love, a ppint. happy to have even half a shop open again
>             [please drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g",
>                 should you wish to cc. to, or email, me] 

Good to hear that you're half-back in business!
Pete
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