XPost: news.software.nn   
   From: smw@mort.smwonline.ca   
      
   In  Aaron W. Hsu    
   arcfide@sacrideo.us> writes:   
      
   >Well, for "potential" users like John F. Morse,   
      
   ...and for existing real users.  Yes, I'm one of them, and this is where   
   I thank you for this and everything else you've done with nn.   
      
      
   >I have just pushed patches to my GitHub version of NN to support the   
   >forcing of NN to authenticate itself whether or not the server requires it   
   >or not.   
      
   I apologize for not thinking to share it at the time, but I did something   
   similar with my local copy of nn in 2014.   
      
   I'd just started using news.eternal-september.org as my news server,   
   and discovered its habit of returning 200 even if no authentication   
   is attempted, but in that case it grants access only to its private   
   newsgroups.   
      
        - Steven   
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   smw@smwonline.ca     | 2)  When life hands you a hemlock, don't make   
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                        | 2a) Always know the difference between a lemon   
                        |     and a hemlock.   
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   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)