Scott B wrote:
>I'm having trouble getting newsgroups to work in Mozilla. The problem is
>that my ISP's newsgroup server uses a single generic username and password
>for everyone for access, not the user's actual username and password. (I
>know its weird but that is how they handle it, or so I've read. I'm emailing
>them about it since I got that info second hand.)
>My problem is that there is no place to specify a username for a newsgroups
>server in Mozilla. It appears that Mozilla just assumes the first part of
>the email address specified is the username. I need to specify a different
>username while still being able to use my regular email address to send
>messages to the newsgroups.
>This is not a problem in Outlook Express, as in the Account Properties
>"Server" tab there is a "This server requires me to log on" checkbox, which
>when checked, allows me to specify both a username and password for the
>server, independent of the email address used. Of course, I don't want to
>use OE for newsgroups, otherwise I wouldn't be asking my question.
>Any suggestions?
>
>
Not exactly what you were looking for, but I'd suggest visiting
http://newzbot.com. The *cache ones in Germany work great in Mozilla,
though you cannot post. I love the "Give me alt.foo.bar!" search
feature! :-D
Nigel L
