Windows Security and Newsgroups

[Coogee]

New laptop with Vista. I'm the admin, only account. Trying to set up
newsgroups from my news server, which requires me to log on. All is set up
OK in the account screens. When I try to initially download the newsgroups
on the server, up pops a Windows security notice, asking me to log on to the
newsgroups server- "verify that both username and password are correct for
your mail server". After I enter user name and password, and click OK, the
screen keeps popping up asking for same prompt. I am giving it the correct
info, but will not accept, so can't begin to download newsgroups. Whatever
I enter will change what's in the account screen for the server setup. Tried
turning all the windows security options off that I could find, but still
can't get past the security screen. Any advice on this?

 

[Malke]

New laptop with Vista. I'm the admin, only account. Trying to set up
newsgroups from my news server, which requires me to log on. All is set up
OK in the account screens. When I try to initially download the
newsgroups on the server, up pops a Windows security notice, asking me to
log on to the newsgroups server- "verify that both username and password
are correct for
your mail server". After I enter user name and password, and click OK,
the screen keeps popping up asking for same prompt. I am giving it the
correct
info, but will not accept, so can't begin to download newsgroups.
Whatever I enter will change what's in the account screen for the server
setup. Tried turning all the windows security options off that I could
find, but still can't get past the security screen. Any advice on this?

Which newsgroups and which NNTP server? If you are talking about one
provided by your ISP, then go to the ISP's website and double-check what
authorization is needed. It sounds like you aren't using the correct
information. For instance, my ISP (Comcast) uses a different authentication
for newsgroups than for email.

It would also help if you told us what newsreader you're using (Windows
Mail, Thunderbird, etc.).

Malke

 

[Mr. Arnold]

New laptop with Vista. I'm the admin, only account. Trying to set up
newsgroups from my news server, which requires me to log on. All is set up
OK in the account screens. When I try to initially download the
newsgroups on the server, up pops a Windows security notice, asking me to
log on to the newsgroups server- "verify that both username and password
are correct for your mail server". After I enter user name and password,
and click OK, the screen keeps popping up asking for same prompt. I am
giving it the correct info, but will not accept, so can't begin to
download newsgroups. Whatever I enter will change what's in the account
screen for the server setup. Tried turning all the windows security
options off that I could find, but still can't get past the security
screen. Any advice on this?

Well, if you're using Windows Mail as the newsreader, then WM won't hold
that user-id and psw at times, and it won't accept the credentials with
repeated prompts asking for the credentials. You can be posting and it will
loose the credentials too, and it starts prompting.

The best way to fix this is to shutdown the newsreader, start it up again,
go to your account and give the credentials there to see if they will hold
permanently.

I have seen this problem on Vista for Outlook and POP3 where the
credentials are lost, and it keeps asking for the credentials and never
holds, until one goes back to the account to fix it.

 

[Coogee]

I have done this many, many times, and the results are still the same.

 

[Paul Adare - MVP]

I have done this many, many times, and the results are still the same.

Then you need to go back to whomever the news provider is and work with
them. Some news servers (for example the ones that host the Microsoft
private news groups) require that the username be preceded by a domain name
- domainname\username.

 

[Mr. Arnold]

I have done this many, many times, and the results are still the same.

Well, you have actually shutdown the newsreader, you went to the account in
the newsreader, and you entered the credentials again, typing over the
existing credentials in the boxes. You may have to do it repeated times
there too before it will hold the credentials. But you giving them when
you're being prompted for the credentials is not going to work.

On there other hand, you could be giving the wrong credentials. I don't
know.

 

[Coogee]

I have the same account set up on my desktop, which uses Win XP. So it's not
a matter of not knowing the correct names. The news server is ready to
download, except for that pesky Windows security popup.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

New laptop with Vista. I'm the admin, only account. Trying to set up
newsgroups from my news server, which requires me to log on. All is set up
OK in the account screens. When I try to initially download the newsgroups
on the server, up pops a Windows security notice, asking me to log on to the
newsgroups server- "verify that both username and password are correct for
your mail server". After I enter user name and password, and click OK, the
screen keeps popping up asking for same prompt. I am giving it the correct
info, but will not accept, so can't begin to download newsgroups. Whatever
I enter will change what's in the account screen for the server setup. Tried
turning all the windows security options off that I could find, but still
can't get past the security screen. Any advice on this?

Contact your ISP (or the whomever is hosting the news server to which
your trying to connect) to ascertain the correct settings for logging
into their server.


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[Gordon]

I have done this many, many times, and the results are still the same.

I have never known an ISP news server that requires the ISP customer TO
log-in. Are you SURE that your ISP's news server requires you to enter a
Username and Password?

 

[FromTheRafters]

I have done this many, many times, and the results are still the same.

Why is it asking about a mail server when you are
trying to configure a news server connection?

 

[Coogee]

Just another part of the mystery.

Why is it asking about a mail server when you are
trying to configure a news server connection?

 

[Coogee]

Yes I is.

I have never known an ISP news server that requires the ISP customer TO
log-in. Are you SURE that your ISP's news server requires you to enter a
Username and Password?

 

[Dave T.]

Just another part of the mystery.

Alas, 'tis the same for me. I use T-bird, but regardless of what reader
I use the news server is provided to me through my ISP, and a log on is
required to access it. They don't want to give the news server for free,
it is only for subscribers. I have the option of using any server I want
outside of my ISP, but I would likely have to pay extra for it.

--
Dave T.


You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
Emporer of Japan

 

[Paul Montgomery]

I have the option of using any server I want
outside of my ISP, but I would likely have to pay extra for it.

There are free news servers out there. Google is your friend.

 

[Gordon]

Alas, 'tis the same for me. I use T-bird, but regardless of what reader I
use the news server is provided to me through my ISP, and a log on is
required to access it. They don't want to give the news server for free,
it is only for subscribers.

Interesting. In the UK, if you are accessing the internet through a
particular ISP, which always involves log-in credentials, the ISP assumes
you ARE a subscriber, and thus does not require a separate log-in for the
news server....way to go USA!

 

[Paul Montgomery]

Interesting. In the UK, if you are accessing the internet through a
particular ISP, which always involves log-in credentials, the ISP assumes
you ARE a subscriber, and thus does not require a separate log-in for the
news server....way to go USA!

Umm... Gordon, old boy: In the USA, most always-on broadband
connections don't require a log-in.

 

[Paul Montgumdrop]

log-in for the news server....way to go USA!

Is the real you about to show here?

 

[Dave T.]

Interesting. In the UK, if you are accessing the internet through a
particular ISP, which always involves log-in credentials, the ISP
assumes you ARE a subscriber, and thus does not require a separate
log-in for the news server....way to go USA!

My apologies, I wasn't very clear. No user name or password for the news
server, just the ISP. The thing is that T-bird is an all in one just
like windows mail. It handles mail and news and whenever I open t-bird
the first thing it does is log on to the ISP to download mail and news
headers.

--
Dave T.


You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
Emporer of Japan

 

[Dave T.]

Umm... Gordon, old boy: In the USA, most always-on broadband
connections don't require a log-in.

It does when your reader is downloading mail from a pop server.

--
Dave T.


You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
Emporer of Japan

 

[Gordon]

Umm... Gordon, old boy: In the USA, most always-on broadband
connections don't require a log-in.

I think you'll find, even in the Colonies, that the Router set-up will
contain a User name and Password - how otherwise would the ISP control who
uses it's services?