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Hi
Having trouble saving password for news.individual.net newsreader in
password manager (Moz 1.5, Win 98SE) Works OK with other newsreaders,
but I'm new to Mozilla so could be missing something. All I get is my
user name followed by brackets < >. All help appreciated. Tried the
news.ind.net website, but Mozilla is not mentioned, only Netscape.
Thanks.

*** Lambo <> escribió/wrote (05 dic 2003):
> Having trouble saving password for news.individual.net newsreader in
> password manager (Moz 1.5, Win 98SE) Works OK with other newsreaders,
> but I'm new to Mozilla so could be missing something.

I don't think you are missing anything. Unluckily, Mozilla is not very good
dealing with news servers that require authentication. After getting
prompted for passwords at least twice a session I dediced to quit. Web
browser is fabulous but newsreader still needs some more work.


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Lambo wrote:

> Hi
> Having trouble saving password for news.individual.net newsreader in
> password manager (Moz 1.5, Win 98SE) Works OK with other newsreaders,
> but I'm new to Mozilla so could be missing something. All I get is my
> user name followed by brackets < >. All help appreciated. Tried the
> news.ind.net website, but Mozilla is not mentioned, only Netscape.
> Thanks.
>
Lambo

I'm not sure of what you mean. When do you get your user
name followed by brackets?

The simplest way to save the password is to wait until its required.
When the server asks for your user name, enter it and check the Remember
box. When it asks for the password, enter it and again check the
remember box.

Most news servers dont require passwords, tho there are some that do. If
yours doesnt ask for one, it isnt needed. If it does, just follow the
above steps and your password will be remembered.

Alvaro G. Vicario wrote:

> *** Lambo <> escribió/wrote (05 dic 2003):
>
>>Having trouble saving password for news.individual.net newsreader in
>>password manager (Moz 1.5, Win 98SE) Works OK with other newsreaders,
>>but I'm new to Mozilla so could be missing something.
>
>
> I don't think you are missing anything. Unluckily, Mozilla is not very good
> dealing with news servers that require authentication. After getting
> prompted for passwords at least twice a session I dediced to quit. Web
> browser is fabulous but newsreader still needs some more work.
>
>

I would agree with that, the news component has had lower priority in
developement, and for good reason, its far less used then browser or mail.

I can share my experience. With a news server that does require
passwords, I was prompted for username and password constantly.
Prompted by Dan's excellent advice, (thanks Dan!) I just kept entering
and saving, and entering and saving, until Password Manager had a
setting for all the access points. Then Moz stopped asking. Now I only
get asked a couple of times whenever I add a new group.

Is it a pain? Yeah, but it does go away, and pretty quickly. How
quickly depends on how many groups you subscribe to, and how often you
access them.

Lee

Leonidas Jones wrote:
> Alvaro G. Vicario wrote:
>
>> *** Lambo <> escribió/wrote (05 dic 2003):
>>
>>> Having trouble saving password for news.individual.net newsreader in
>>> password manager (Moz 1.5, Win 98SE) Works OK with other newsreaders,
>>> but I'm new to Mozilla so could be missing something.
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't think you are missing anything. Unluckily, Mozilla is not very
>> good dealing with news servers that require authentication. After
>> getting prompted for passwords at least twice a session I dediced to
>> quit. Web browser is fabulous but newsreader still needs some more work.
>>
>>
>
> I would agree with that, the news component has had lower priority in
> developement, and for good reason, its far less used then browser or mail.
>
> I can share my experience. With a news server that does require
> passwords, I was prompted for username and password constantly. Prompted
> by Dan's excellent advice, (thanks Dan!) I just kept entering and
> saving, and entering and saving, until Password Manager had a setting
> for all the access points. Then Moz stopped asking. Now I only get
> asked a couple of times whenever I add a new group.
>
> Is it a pain? Yeah, but it does go away, and pretty quickly. How
> quickly depends on how many groups you subscribe to, and how often you
> access them.
>
> Lee
Thanks for replies. I'll just keep entering passwords and see what
happens. Pity about the glitch in the set-up as otherwise it is nicer to
use compared to Microsoft.