Re: Authentication?

[Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com>]

I have the same situation here.  I added this function (Darrell
Fuhriman's) to my .gnus and it's working fine.  Make sure to replace
"relay" with the hostname of your nntp server.
 
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(add-hook 'nntp-server-opened-hook
          (lambda ()
            (cond ((string-match "relay" nntp-address)
                   (nntp-send-nosy-authinfo-from-file))
                  (t
                    ))))
 
(defun nntp-send-nosy-authinfo-from-file ()
  "Send the AUTHINFO to the nntp server, including username and password
  This function is supposed to be called from `nntp-server-opened-hook'."
  (when (file-exists-p "~/.nntp-authinfo")
    (nnheader-temp-write nil
      (insert-file-contents "~/.nntp-authinfo")
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (nntp-send-command
       "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO USER"
       (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point))))
      (goto-line 2)
      (nntp-send-command 
       "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO PASS" 
       (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))))))
 
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Also create a file called ".nntp-auth info" and put the username on
the first line and the password on the second line.  This should be
all you need.  BTW, a function like the one I included will probably
be included with Quassia Gnus.
 
   Jason R. Mastaler                      jason@mastaler.com