BTW, the general information for settings at my ISP's website shows the
same names I've used for email and newsgroups, and says the newsgroup
server (NNTP) authentication type is "None"... which means my problems
are apparently coming out of Mozilla, which keeps asking me for userid
and password to post to newsgroups.
waynec wrote:
> I keep getting a mozilla NNTP authorization error ..."a News (NNTP)
> error occurred: Authentication error" whenever I try to post or reply to
> a post (after my first post of the day). I am hoping this "first" post
> of the day will work and that someone will be able to help me.
>
> I am probably doing something stupid, or there is a dll file that's at
> the wrong level, or some such. I am on Warp4 fixpack 15 level and
> Mozilla 1.1A dated 6/11/02.
>
> I think it may be related to a second problem I'm having since I
> switched to this 1.1A release: I frequently use a website that has a
> forum. When I click the reply button on a posting on that website, the
> site sends me a formatted page that contains a field at the top
> containing the topic title of the post I'm replying to, then a large
> text-entry block, then a couple of fields used to contain my userid and
> password. When I first get this screen, the topic title line is filled
> in correctly, as is my userid, but the password field is blank
> (actually, password is not a required entry, it's only needed if you
> want the option of coming back later and revising your reply after it's
> been posted). After I fill in the text of my reply and click on the
> "send" button, I get a small superimposed (Mozilla) window asking for my
> password... and at this point I note that the topic title on the larger
> window has now been changed... it now contains whatever text I
> previously did an Edit/Copy on (ie, the correct info that was in the
> field has been replaced with garbage), so if I fill in my password and
> click on enter, my reply post now gets sent to the website with an
> incorrect topic title.
>
> I am thinking this same thing is happening to me when I try to post to a
> newsgroup.... the password manager (or whatever its called) intervenes
> and askes me for a userid, then for a password, then my post fails with
> that NNTP authentication error. For some reason, the very first
> newsgroup post I try after bringing up Mozilla works, and I don't get
> asked for a userid or password at all. All subsequent attempts to
> post/compose result in my being asked for the userid and password, and
> then the post fails. That's why I'm thinking there may be a relationship
> of the newsgroup problem to the website problem.... both problems occur
> after I'm asked for a password (a password which should have already
> been there after the first time I provided it).
>
> I do not have these problems with Netscape 4.61, nor did I have them
> with Mozilla 1.0. I tried erasing all saved passwords ("Tools/Password
> manager/Mange stored Passwords") to no avail.
> I have tried to ensure the 1.1A newsgroup settings are the same as for
> Netscape 4.61, but the settings screens are all different.... seems like
> you had to tell Netscape more than 1.1A has entry fields for.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> If I have to go back to Mozilla 1.0 (I still have the folders with 1.0
> in them), what do I have to do to get that working again (ie, should I
> erase the 1.1A folders and unpack 1.0 again?)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Wayne
>
> email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
