53500 - Earthlink doesn't accept Mozilla's NNTP password or usernames.

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Networking: NNTP, defect, P3)

Description

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Using nightly build 200092005, Windows 32, Talkback build, Earthlink isn't 
recognizing what Mozilla is sending to it.  

DESIRED RESULTS:

Mozilla should hash and send the NNTP password and username using the password 
manager.  

ACTUAL RESULTS:

Earthlink isn't recognizing the correct username/password combination for NNTP 
that Mozilla is giving it.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

I've attached image files of the process.

BTW, this works on Netscape 4.75, Outlook Express and Outlook.  Just not 
Mozilla.

Comment 1

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Update: I'm on a fresh Windows ME install, so I have nothing other than MS 
Paint.  I'll try and get Paint Shop Pro 6 installed and convert my bitmaps over 
to PNG or something, and attach them.

Question: Is total news authentication horked? If so, is this on PDT+ radar for 
beta 3? This feature hasn't worked for me in a long time, and it'd be nice to 
see going again.

Comment 2

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Sorry, marking a DUP of 45922.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 45922 ***

Comment 3

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Bah, this bug seems more in depth than I originally thought. I changed my port 
in the mail/news preferences, and here's a blurb from my prefs.js 
user_pref("mail.server.server3.name", "news.earthlink.net");
user_pref("mail.server.server3.newsrc.file", "C:\\WINDOWS\\APPLICATION 
DATA\\Mozilla\\Users50\\default\\News\\news.earthlink.net.rc");
user_pref("mail.server.server3.port", 563);
user_pref("mail.server.server3.type", "nntp");
user_pref("mail.server.server3.userName", "stephendonner");

Comment 4

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stephen,

we do use the password manager for both username & password.

the userName value in the prefs:

user_pref("mail.server.server3.userName", "stephendonner");

is part of the news uris we use in the front end.  for example, the uri that
corresponds to the earthlink server in your folder pane would be

news://[e-mail]

I'll try to reproduce this by setting up a secure news server that requires
authentication in 4.x, and the migrating.

Comment 5

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Seth, I know you guys are all bogged, so thanks for commenting so soon.

Couple of questions:

Is the snews protocol/code broken?  I changed the port in both my prefs.js file 
and in the GUI.  Didn't seem to fix the problem.  The other bug that I marked 
this as a dup of, actually seems unrelated now.  45922 refers to profile 
migration, which I'm not doing any of.

Also, 45922 has been marked "-", so should I expect to see snews working at 
nsbeta 3?

Comment 6

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based on your pref snippet, it doesn't look like you have that server set up
to be secure.

I expect to see:
user_pref("mail.server.server3.isSecure", true);

I'm assuming that you've got PSM installed as well.

With the account manager, I just set up a news account on secnews.netscape.com.
then, I changed it to use a secure connection and use port 563.

I had no problem using the subscribe dialog or reading a newsgroup that required
authentication.

Comment 7

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in order to answer your question:  snews is working.

Comment 8

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Question: is this going to be slated for RTM, that if a user doesn't know if the
server authenticates or not, they don't have to change the port # in the UI?

Comment 9

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Attachment: NNTP server from Earthlink

Comment 10

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Seth, attaching a screenshot of the dialog box from NS4.x's NNTP server 
properties box.  News works on an unencrypted NNTP port (119).  I'm not sure 
what methods they use to authenticate, although I know they do authenticate.  

Comment 11

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Are we expected (Mozilla and Netscape 6) to follow 4.x's client behavior on 
this? If so, this is more than an RFE...

Comment 12

[lchiang]

cc: karen as this is news.

Comment 13

[Karen Huang]

I am more focusing on AOL, Webmail, IMAP Interoperability and IMAP Folders 
features now....Suresh should be the right NEWS QA now....

Comment 14

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Suresh works on AIM now, taking it off his plate..

Comment 15

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Mass moving all NEWS bugs from esther to myself.

Comment 16

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Taking Severity from Blocker down to normal.

Comment 17

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Taking Severity from Blocker down to normal.

Comment 18

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Jeff - my dear brother ;-)  Could you test this since I no longer have an
Earthlink account?  

Comment 19

[JDonner]

It seems to work OK for me, with build 2000122604, on Win98.

I left my account name as 'news.earthlink.net' which, with mail, has at times
seemed to me to make a difference.  Haven't checked with an separate name,
though (though that may have nothing to do with it).

Comment 20

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YAHOO! VERIFIED, per reporter's comments, and that fact that this bug depended
on bug 45922 and its dependencies getting FIXED. 

Comment 21

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Now, it's VERIFIED FIXED.