Re: RFE: server-dependent options

On Mo, Jun 12, 2006 at 05:11:25 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> My ISP's news server has an anonymous mode, where only local groups
> are available. So, if one wants all the groups (when connected from
> an external network), one needs to force authentication with -A. But
> for other news servers, one must not provide this -A option. To make
> the use of Tin easier, i.e. only change the server (-g) argument, it
> would be nice to be able to specify if -A should be implied or not,
> depending on the server. This could be done in the .tin/newsrctable
> file, for instance.
> 
> BTW, a similar feature for other options (e.g. -d, -q, -p...) could
> be useful too. For instance, if a word in .tin/newsrctable starts
> with "-", it could be seen as an option.

server specific settings should be stored in the serverrc:
${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.tin/$NNTPSERVER${NNTPPORT+":$NNTPPORT"}/serverrc

urs
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