From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
Subject: Re: .authinfo is ignored on startup
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:53:10 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ull8nuuk1.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <873buvd420.fsf@exal.house.net>
exal@exal.house.net writes:
> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
>> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, reader@newsguy.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm trying a different newsserver for a while and put the needed info
>>>> in ~/.authinfo. However, when I start gnus it still prompts me for my
>>>> uid and passwd. I've tripple checked that its entered correctly.
>>>>
>>>> I type the exact same info at the 2 prompts and get the news. How can
>>>> I debug this?
>>
>> C-x i ~/.authinfo<RET>
>> machine enews.newsguy.com login myuid password xxxxxxx
>> machine news.ind.sbclgobal.net login myuid@xxxxx.net password xxxxxxx
>>
>> The first one for newsguy works as expected.
>> Sbcglobal requires the full email address including `@'.
>> I continue to get prompted for both on that server and when entered
>> at the prompt exactly as in authinfo it works.
>
> Look at your second entry carefully. hint: sbclgobal....
Yikes, I must be ready for the jump from x250 to x300 in my cheaters....
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-16 21:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-13 17:46 Harry Putnam
2005-03-15 18:26 ` Ted Zlatanov
2005-03-16 2:37 ` Harry Putnam
2005-03-16 15:05 ` exal
2005-03-16 21:53 ` Harry Putnam [this message]
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