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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
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Subject: Re: get-new-news misbehaving?
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Harry Putnam <hgp@sbcglobal.net> writes:

> I hoped someone would know what it means when only LIST ACTIVE is
> performed instead of authentication.

Sounds like a misconfigured news server.

Try setting `nntp-server-list-active-group' to nil.

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