PROBLEM:
- My new ISP uses "myname@isp.com" as the login name and news
server account name. That is my username is NOT 'myname' by itself,
but the whole thing.
- New ISP requires NNTP authentication.
ATTEMPT:
- Using VSOUP with either of the below fails (for different reasons):
(1) vsoup.exe -m nntp://myname:MYPASSWORD@news.isp.com
(2) vsoup.exe -m nntp://myname@isp.com:MYPASSWORD@news.isp.com
Number one gets an authentication failure (because there in no such
username as 'myname' by itself. Number two tries to find a
newserver called just 'isp.com' (and wouldn't send the password or
full username even if it found one).
- My SOUPER documentation seems not to mention a thing about NNTP
authentication.
SOLUTION:
- VSOUP just won't seem to handle the thing, despite various earnest
attempts.
- My SOUPER was at version 1.4: Downloaded version 1.6 (which adds
NNTP authentication)
- Create a NEWSAUTH file in my %HOME% directory (some of the posters
described this not-quite-right, but pointed in the right direction).
This file contains the single line:
news.isp.com myname@isp.com MYPASSWORD
- Use SOUPER instead of VSOUP. Yeah, it is slower, but at least it
works at all for my situation.
Usernames, ISP names and passwords have been changed to protect the
names of the innocent (well... or at least my name :-)). Other than
that, this should hopefully be the same as what other folks can do.
Yours, Lulu...