22087 - linux news never prompts for username / password

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 12924

(MailNews Core :: Networking, defect, P3)

Description

[Owen Williams]

linux, build 1999121708, redhat 6.1
I have been unable to try out the news features of mozilla.  If I subscribe to a
newsgroup, then attempt to browse articles, a message comes up saying
"Authentication required." On some builds the username / password dialog would
flash on the screen for a brief moment, then disappear.  usenetserver.com offers
free trial accounts, so others can test this bug with the same server.

Other notes: I still get this problem if I enter in my username and pass with
"remember password" checked off in the account setup window.

Mail works fine.

Comment 1

[laurel]

Support for password authenticated news isn't implemented yet.
Underlying support is bug #12924

Comment 2

[Scott MacGregor]

we haven't implemented authenticated news yet which is what your news server
apparently requires. I have a bug about it somewhere (it may be assigned to
sspitzer/shaver).....I'll mark this as a dup for this.

Comment 3

[lchiang]

It's http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12924.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12924 ***

Comment 4

[lchiang]

marking verified as a duplicate.

[e-mail] - you may want to add yourself to the cc: list of the other bug
report to track its progress. Thanks.