192155 - News Server Setup needs User Name and Password to be added

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 36816

(MailNews Core :: Networking: NNTP, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003

So ISPs require to logon to the New Server prior to browsing/posting messages.
Currently, user would have to type his new server id/password for every news
group his interested in browsing/posting, very annoying.

News group account setup should allow to enter user id/password to be used for
authentication with the News server (similar to who "Pan" newsreader does this,
see Pan for reference, if needed). This is not the same as "Identity", which is
fine the way it is.

The news server id/password could be placed under "Server Name" in the news
account "Server Settings" window.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Expected Results:  
News group account setup should allow to enter user id/password to be used for
authentication with the News server (similar to who "Pan" newsreader does this,
see Pan for reference, if needed). This is not the same as "Identity", which is
fine the way it is.

The news server id/password could be placed under "Server Name" in the news
account "Server Settings" window.

Comment 1

[Andrew Hagen]

Dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 36816 ***

Comment 2

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified dup