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From: Jason R Mastaler <jason@4b.org>
Subject: Re: AUTHINFO
Date: 14 Feb 1998 16:30:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x7ra55ahn7.fsf@4b.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "14 Feb 1998 21:38:59 +0100"

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Well, uhm...  Why?  It isn't likely that one has the news server in
> there already, and putting it there doesn't make much difference, does
> it?

Well, why not?  It isn't likely, but not out of the question either.
Really, I don't see the reasoning behind using the same file for both
ftp remote login data and NNTP authentication data, especially when
both will be using the same syntax.  I don't see any pros, but I do
see points of potential conflict (even if relatively minor).  For
example, people with FTP access to their newsserver who use this Gnus
option will inadvertently be losing the FTP session password
protection they once had.  

> But I can make it a variable, of course.  `nntp-netrc-file'.

I still think the default should be a file other than .netrc, and if
one specifically wants to use .netrc, they can specify that with
`nntp-netrc-file'.



  reply	other threads:[~1998-02-14 23:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-02-13 18:51 AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-14  6:55 ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-14 16:01   ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-14 17:03     ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-14 19:23       ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-14 19:31         ` AUTHINFO Hrvoje Niksic
1998-02-14 19:42           ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-14 20:38             ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-14 23:30               ` Jason R Mastaler [this message]
1998-02-15  5:28                 ` AUTHINFO Felix Lee
1998-02-15 13:32                 ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-15 13:48                   ` AUTHINFO Simon Josefsson
1998-02-15 14:49                     ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-15 18:15                       ` AUTHINFO Simon Josefsson
1998-02-15 22:05                         ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-16 10:36                           ` AUTHINFO Per Abrahamsen
1998-02-16 10:46                             ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-16 11:25                               ` AUTHINFO Per Abrahamsen
1998-02-16 18:53                                 ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-19  2:21                                   ` AUTHINFO Joev Dubach
1998-02-19  4:55                                     ` AUTHINFO Lloyd Zusman
1998-02-19 14:16                                       ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-19 15:26                                   ` AUTHINFO Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-15 14:32                   ` AUTHINFO Hrvoje Niksic
1998-02-15 17:19                     ` AUTHINFO Lloyd Zusman
1998-02-15 17:29                       ` AUTHINFO Hrvoje Niksic
1998-02-15 19:58                         ` AUTHINFO Andy Eskilsson
1998-02-15 22:04                       ` AUTHINFO Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-15 19:34                     ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-16  8:13                     ` AUTHINFO Steinar Bang
1998-02-15 19:23                   ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-16 17:16                   ` AUTHINFO Justin Sheehy
1998-02-14 19:22     ` AUTHINFO Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-16 16:27     ` feedback on AUTHINFO in qgnus-0.27 Steinar Bang
1998-02-16 18:58       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-17  7:48         ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-17  9:03           ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-18 12:15           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-17  8:41         ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-17  8:49           ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-18 12:19             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-18 16:44               ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-19 15:55             ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-20  2:31               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-20  8:16                 ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-20 10:36                   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-20 14:27                     ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-20 21:39                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-20 22:34                       ` Aaron M. Ucko
1998-02-20 21:28                 ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-20 23:10                   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-20 23:26                     ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-21  0:14                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-23 18:06                         ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-27 11:56                           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-27 15:58                             ` Edward J. Sabol
1998-02-28  5:45                               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-03-04 19:38                               ` Hallvard B Furuseth
1998-02-28  4:27                             ` Jason R Mastaler
1998-02-28  5:48                               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-02-03 16:09 Authinfo Andy Eskilsson
1998-02-08 15:55 ` Authinfo Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-08 16:56   ` Authinfo Steinar Bang
1998-02-08 17:24     ` Authinfo Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-09 17:40       ` Authinfo Steinar Bang
1997-05-04 10:55 authinfo Rolf Marvin B|e Lindgren
1997-05-04 20:06 ` authinfo Hrvoje Nikšić
1997-05-05  6:49   ` authinfo Steinar Bang

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