>
> Unfortunately, as the prior example showed, I can't get away without the
> '@spire.com' part in the username. And I *really* do need
> authentication (which is dumb, but the ISP did that). It may wind up
> meaning I can't use the ISP. Do you know of a way even to use SOUPER
> with authentication... or any other program. I could live with the slow
> speed of SOUPER (compared to VSOUP)... but not without having access to
> a newsfeed in Yarn.
>
> Yours, Lulu...
>
In vsoup.htm
1. The % is the escape character to generate special characters in the
URL. The % must be followed by the hex code of corresponding ASCII code of
the special character (exactly two digits). E.g. if your password
contains a @ you have to insert %40 at that place.
Alan