Re: Posting Not Allowed

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 02:03:47PM -0500, John Gant wrote:
> Hello, I have been using tin for a short period of time and have been
> having the problem of not being able to post to the newsgroups.  I have
> looked over the man page and googled and so far have not been able to
> find a solution.  I know that it is not a problem with my newsgroup
> server because I can post just fine when I use Pan (a graphical
> newsgroup reader).  It's when I use tin that I get a message on startup
> saying:
> tin 1.6.2 release 20030910 ("Pabbay") [UNIX] (c) Copyright 1991-2003
> Iain Lea.
> *** Posting not allowed ***
> ...

looks like the server requires authentication (but doesn't request it).
try "tin -A" (and place your password/username in
${TIN_HOMEDIR-"$HOME"}/.newsauth if you do not want to type it in every time)

urs
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