170127 - Can't force userid/password if news server doesn't require one

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 39862

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Matthew Reed]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910

There is a news server I use, news.promatrix.com, that does not require a
userid/password. However, without userid/password, available newsgroups are
limited. I have userid/password, but there doesn't seem to be any way to enter
it as Mozilla doesn't think it needs one. There should be a way to enter
userid/password, whether or not Mozilla thinks you need one for the server.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add new usenet server. If Mozilla doesn't think a userid/password is needed,
there is no way to enter userid/password.
Actual Results:  
newsgroup setup proceeds as usual, but server does't show groups that require
userid/password.

Expected Results:  
Mozilla should allow me to enter userid/password for a news server, whether
Mozilla thinks it is needed or not.

I am unable to Use Mozilla for usenet access because of this problem. I have to
use Outlook Express (barfo).

Comment 1

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http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39862#c34

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 39862 ***

Comment 2

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Matthew, if you have any questions after reading
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39862#c34, be sure to let me know.

Thanks, verified dup.