Jay Garcia said the following on 9/22/2002 11:20 PM:
> On 22/09/02 20:28, Ben Z Replied As Follows:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>> Parish said the following on 9/22/2002 5:43 PM:
>>> On 22/09/2002 19:23 A strange alien lifeform, Ben Z, reared up on its
>>> hind legs and bellowed:
>>>
>>>> R.V. Gronoff said the following on 9/22/2002 2:35 PM:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've subscribed to a news server, but when I click on some newsgroups a
>>>>> window pops up asking me my login and password again and again.
>>>>> Why does it have to be so shitty ? I entered my log and pwd when I dlded
>>>>> the ngs list ! This is definitely a bug that should be patched in the
>>>>> near future - it's actually the only annoyance that makes me regret
>>>>> Outlook Express !
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I had a similar experience. It seemed that I was being asked to reenter
>>>> userid and password over and over. A check of the password manager
>>>> showed an individual entry for many of the newsgroups that I subscribed
>>>> to. Once I had entered the id/password combination for each newsgroup
>>>> the requests stopped. In the last two weeks no new requests.
>>>>
>>>> Seems the password manager needs an entry for each newsgroup instead of
>>>> a single pair for the entire new server.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hmm, may be it is a server-specific thing? None of my news servers,
>>> including the secure netscape news server (secnews.netscape.com) do
>>> this. I can add new groups without being prompted for a username/password.
>>
>> The news server that this happens with is news.verizon.net (it's the
>> only one I access that requires a username and password). I also access
>> the binary groups on news.verizon.net with Xnews and a single
>> id/password works for all newsgroups. So if it is a server thing, Xnews
>> seems to be able to cope; either by accident or design.
>> --Ben
>>
>
> In your Mozilla password manager, remove all entries targeting Verizon,
> close and restart Mozilla. Try again ..
I removed all Verizon entries in the password manager; closed then
restarted Mozilla. The saga starts again. Each news group requires
reentry of a userid/password as the connection to the server times out.
The content of the password manager is growing to include an entry
for each news group just as before. I think I'll just live with it.
--Ben
