Re: Re: Authentication failure

Yes - most (all?) ISPs restrict access to their NNTP servers to be from
within their own network.  RoadRunner, for example.

-Gerard

--- Steve Kaufman <[email protected]> wrote:
> It works from my local machine, but fails from the remote one. So it 
> sounds like they only allow in network connections?
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], Gerard Lanois <gerardlanois@y...> wrote:
> > What happens when you do the manual telnet procedure given below?
> > 
> > -Gerard
> > 
> > 
> > --- Steve Kaufman <mustang2pilot@y...> wrote:
> > > Yes, I do need a password as well as a username. I left that 
> part 
> > > out because it doesn't conatin any special charaters in it like 
> the 
> > > account name does.
> > > 
> > > I have other news readers setup & working using this account, so 
> I 
> > > know that the user:pass is valid.
> > > 
> > > I thought that the inclusion of the "@" or "."'s in the account 
> name 
> > > may be causing the authentication failure.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In [email protected], Gerard Lanois <gerardlanois@y...> 
> wrote:
> > > > Put ubh aside for the moment.
> > > > 
> > > > Can you telnet into port 119 of the news server?
> > > > 
> > > > If so, you can manually speak to the server to determine
> > > > whether your username and password are valid.
> > > > 
> > > > For example, your news server is news.newserver.com,
> > > > your account is "catherine" and your passord is "wheel".
> > > > 
> > > > When you telnet into port 119 of news.newserver.com, your
> > > > conversation will go like this:
> > > > 
> > > > 200 news.newserver.com
> > > > AUTHINFO USER catherine           <<<<==== You type this
> > > > 381 more authentication required
> > > > AUTHINFO PASS wheel               <<<<==== You type this
> > > > 281 news.newserver.com
> > > > QUIT                              <<<<==== You type this
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > If you can't do this with your server, then your user
> > > > name and/or password are not valid.
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe you need a password in addition to your account name?
> > > > 
> > > > -Gerard
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- Steve Kaufman <mustang2pilot@y...> wrote:
> > > > > I'm using v2.5 & am receiving a "ERROR: Net::NNTP->authinfo
> () 
> > > > > failed: 502 - Authentication Failed" message. My news 
> provider 
> > > > > (BellSouth) requires that the ACCOUNT = 
> <user>@bellsouth.net. 
> > > Could 
> > > > > this be causing the problem?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thx...
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >
> > > 
> > >
> 
> 



 
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