Scott B. - http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36816 http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94439 and last but certainly not least, see http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39862 for instructions as to how to turn this on via prefs.js
(the other two bugs are for the UI for this feature) - stephen http://people.netscape.com/stephend 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? > >
