The manager of eternal-september news reports seeing
SeaMonkey trying to post before authenticated.
==========
OK, here' what happened:
Feb 9 09:56:42 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy (24.63.xx.yy)
connect
Feb 9 09:56:42 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy post failed You
are not allowed to post to alt.online-service.comcast
Tried to post before you authenticated
Feb 9 09:57:02 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: filter: 24.63.xx.yy
Connecting with cn=rickmerrill
Feb 9 09:57:02 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: filter: 24.63.xx.yy User
rickmerrill signed in
Now you authenticated (please note that this is still the same
connection [11306])
Feb 9 09:57:02 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy user rickmerrill
Feb 9 09:57:02 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy user rickmerrill
Feb 9 09:57:06 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy group
alt.online-service.comcast 0
Feb 9 09:57:06 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy group
24hoursupport.helpdesk 0
Feb 9 09:57:06 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy group
alt.support.cancer.prostate 0
Feb 9 09:57:07 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy group
alt.support.prostate.prostatitis 0
Feb 9 09:57:07 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy group
sci.med.prostate.bph 0
Feb 9 09:57:08 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy group alt.cable-tv 0
Feb 9 09:57:08 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy group
alt.comp.google 0
Feb 9 09:57:08 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy group
comp.internet.services.google 0
Feb 9 09:57:09 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy group
alt.fan.states.massachusetts 0
Feb 9 09:57:12 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: filter:
feeder.eternal-september.org; posting-host="24.63.xx.yy";
logging-data="11306"; mail-complaints-to="ab...@eternal-september.org";
posting-account="rickmerrill"
Feb 9 09:57:12 188.40.43.213 nnrpd[11306]: 24.63.xx.yy post ok
<hkr815$b1...@news.eternal-september.org>
and now you are able to post, too.
This definitely looks like a problem with your newsreader, as it starts
a connection without authenticating,
tries to post and gets an error and then properly authenticates, all on
the same connection. Also, please note
that it keeps the connection open for 20 seconds despite the error and
then makes up its mind to use
authentication. As I said, these Thundermonkeys are really weird.
hth
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