Re: .authinfo is ignored on startup

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, reader@newsguy.com wrote:

> I'm trying a different newsserver for a while and put the needed info
> in ~/.authinfo.  However, when I start gnus it still prompts me for my
> uid and passwd.   I've tripple checked that its entered correctly.
> 
> I type the exact same info at the 2 prompts and get the news.  How can
> I debug this?
> 
> Its on winxp and No Gnus v0.3

Can you show the authinfo line, edited for password, and the server
name as Gnus knows it?

I think netrc.el needs a rewrite for better logging.  I tried to do it
but didn't have the time, and the current logic has a look-ahead loop
that makes logging much more difficult than it should be.  It's not
hard to rewrite it so maybe I'll do it if no one else wants to.

Ted