Thanks for your reply, Christopher. It came indeed to pass. Unfortunately your suggestion doesn't work. Whether or not I tick the Remember box, I end up with the message:
ALERT - A News (NNTB) error occurred: Authorization Error. The funny thing is that I did not have this problem when I first started using Netscape 6.2 in mid December. I thought that the problem might have something to do with my changing my e-mail adress (unlikely) since I operate both from France and from Holland. But even completely re-downloading and re-installing N 6.2 hasn't made a blind bit of difference. Any other ideas? regards, Vic Joseph Christopher Jahn wrote: > And it came to pass that Vic Joseph wrote: > > >>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 >>> >>> >> > > try UNselecting "remember password". Completely shut down N6. > Restart, and re-select "remember password". > > This usually fixes it. > >
