On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 03:23:43PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > When it tries to do this authentication, it prompts the user for a > username and password and then uses AUTHINFO USER. However, I have > NNTPAUTH set and my server uses AUTHINFO GENERIC. So tin should, if > it wants to authenticate, do AUTHINFO GENERIC.
AUTHINFO GENERIC was removed from tin (starting with 1.9.5) as it's deprecated by RFC 4643. -- "Only whimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)" - Linus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org