Forcing authentication on a server

[Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>]

Platform: qgnus-0.22, GNU emacs 19.34, SPARC, Solaris 2.5

The FAQ says the following about using an NNTP server with
authentication: 
	(add-hook 'nntp-server-opened-hook 'nntp-send-authinfo)

I've also tried
	(add-hook 'nntp-server-opened-hook 'nntp-send-nosy-authinfo)


But this only works on an NNTP server that demands authentication,
right...? 

I would like to force authentication on a server that doesn't request
it in the first place.  Ie. a username and a password gives me access
to some newsgroups that aren't normally available.

Question: Is this possible?

Answer: of course it's possible! This is Gnus!

Rephrased question: Is this simple?

Answer: not really, you have to write a function that does a forced
authentication on some NNTP servers, and then add this function to
nntp-server-opened-hook

New question: would it be an idea to add a general mechanism that
would let you set username and password in the Group Info of a foreign
NNTP group?


- Steinar