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Helmut Richter
Sep 1, 2012, 2:25:37 PM9/1/12
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I tried to change the NNTP server in the pine configuration. I did the
following steps:
1. In the general configuration (keys M S C) update the entry "NNTP Server
(for news)" by entering the DNS name of the new NNTP server
2. In the folder collection configuration (keys M S L) replace the former
news.old-server.example/service=NNTP
by
news.new-server.example/service=NNTPS/ssl/user=thisuser
The addition of a user name is necessary because the new NNTP server requires
login. I expected a prompt for a password to go with the user name, as is the
case for user names in mail accounts. What happens is that the folder
collection opens without error but contains no newsgroups and does not allow
to subscribe to newsgroup because the set of available newsgroups is void.
The same happens when using NNTP instead of NNTPS, then also omitting the ssl
option.
Accessibility of the news server is not the problem. From the same computer,
the news server can be contacted via telnet (NNTP port) or via "openssl
s_client" (NNTPS port). In both cases, username and password can be verified
using "authinfo simple thisuser thispasswd".
The problem is that I have no chance of entering the password. Is there a
configuration option I failed to use properly? What have I to look for?
--
Helmut Richter
following steps:
1. In the general configuration (keys M S C) update the entry "NNTP Server
(for news)" by entering the DNS name of the new NNTP server
2. In the folder collection configuration (keys M S L) replace the former
news.old-server.example/service=NNTP
by
news.new-server.example/service=NNTPS/ssl/user=thisuser
The addition of a user name is necessary because the new NNTP server requires
login. I expected a prompt for a password to go with the user name, as is the
case for user names in mail accounts. What happens is that the folder
collection opens without error but contains no newsgroups and does not allow
to subscribe to newsgroup because the set of available newsgroups is void.
The same happens when using NNTP instead of NNTPS, then also omitting the ssl
option.
Accessibility of the news server is not the problem. From the same computer,
the news server can be contacted via telnet (NNTP port) or via "openssl
s_client" (NNTPS port). In both cases, username and password can be verified
using "authinfo simple thisuser thispasswd".
The problem is that I have no chance of entering the password. Is there a
configuration option I failed to use properly? What have I to look for?
--
Helmut Richter
Helmut Richter
Sep 12, 2012, 4:31:29 PM9/12/12
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On Sat, 1 Sep 2012, Helmut Richter wrote:
> I tried to change the NNTP server in the pine configuration. I did the
> following steps:
>
> 1. In the general configuration (keys M S C) update the entry "NNTP Server
> (for news)" by entering the DNS name of the new NNTP server
>
> 2. In the folder collection configuration (keys M S L) replace the former
>
> news.old-server.example/service=NNTP
>
> by
>
> news.new-server.example/service=NNTPS/ssl/user=thisuser
I found the solution: The /user parameter has to appear in *both* entries
> I tried to change the NNTP server in the pine configuration. I did the
> following steps:
>
> 1. In the general configuration (keys M S C) update the entry "NNTP Server
> (for news)" by entering the DNS name of the new NNTP server
>
> 2. In the folder collection configuration (keys M S L) replace the former
>
> news.old-server.example/service=NNTP
>
> by
>
> news.new-server.example/service=NNTPS/ssl/user=thisuser
(item 1 and 2 above). It is not obvious from the documentation why this
entry appears at least twice (with roles even more often).
--
Helmut Richter
Adam H. Kerman
Sep 12, 2012, 6:22:32 PM9/12/12
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have set it up in folder collections by default. You might wish to
enable Expose Hidden Config, which displays the result of the folder
collections command in the formatted display of the pine configuration
file.
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