On Fri, 10 May 2013 23:30:00 +0800 XeCycle <XeCycle@Gmail.com> wrote: 

X> Some time ago I was told that upon connecting a NNTP server the
X> authinfo file is always read, so as not to miss any lines with
X> `force' for the server.  But it causes inconvenience when my
X> authinfo file is encrypted.

X> So I came again to ask, can I now inhibit reading of
X> authentication information for a specific server?  If not, I'm
X> seriously requesting this feature.  I do have some sort of GPG
X> agent running, but I think it better to give this option.

Hi Carl,

see the attached patch.  I am not sure if the parameter will be called
`nntp-auth' but please try applying the patch once and see if the logic
is correct.  Let me know if you're not sure how to use this.

Thanks
Ted