The actual messages concerned are 'Please enter a username for news server access' and 'Please enter a password for news server access' Sometimes cancelling the messages seems to be sufficient, but sometimes they keep repeating (depending on the server/newsgroup).
Vic Joseph wrote: > Working as sole user under Windows XP home edition. > > No doubt I have misunderstood something, but every time I try to access > a new sgroup Netscape asks me to enter a password for the newsgroup and a > password. Even though I tick the box asking Password Manager to remember > the values I enter, I am still nagged every time. And no matter I enter, > I always end up with an 'Authentication Error'. > On some newsgroups I now find I cannot read the text of any messages. I > have tried uninstalling Netscape 6.2 and reinstalling it but it does not > seem to make any difference. > Can someone on this newsgroup tell me what I am doing wrong please? > > Vic Joseph >
