Vic Joseph wrote:
> Thanks for your reply, Christopher. It came indeed to pass. > Unfortunately your suggestion doesn't work. Whether or not I tick the > Remember box, I end up with the message: > > ALERT - A News (NNTB) error occurred: Authorization Error. > > The funny thing is that I did not have this problem when I first > started using Netscape 6.2 in mid December. I thought that the > problem might have something to do with my changing my e-mail adress > (unlikely) since I operate both from France and from Holland. But even > completely re-downloading and re-installing N 6.2 hasn't made a blind > bit of difference. > > Any other ideas? > > regards, Vic Joseph > > > Christopher Jahn wrote: > >> And it came to pass that Vic Joseph wrote: >> >> >>> The actual messages concerned are >>> 'Please enter a username for news server access' >>> and >>> 'Please enter a password for news server access' >>> Sometimes cancelling the messages seems to be sufficient, >>> but sometimes they keep repeating (depending on the >>> server/newsgroup). >>> Vic Joseph wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Working as sole user under Windows XP home edition. >>>> >>>> No doubt I have misunderstood something, but every time I >>>> try to access a new >>> >>> >>> sgroup Netscape asks me to enter a password for the >>> newsgroup and a >>> >>>> password. Even though I tick the box asking Password >>>> Manager to remember the values I enter, I am still nagged >>>> every time. And no matter I enter, I always end up with an >>>> 'Authentication Error'. On some newsgroups I now find I >>>> cannot read the text of any messages. I have tried >>>> uninstalling Netscape 6.2 and reinstalling it but it does >>>> not seem to make any difference. >>>> Can someone on this newsgroup tell me what I am doing wrong >>>> please? >>>> Vic Joseph >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> try UNselecting "remember password". Completely shut down N6. >> Restart, and re-select "remember password". >> >> This usually fixes it. >> >> > If you are trying to access the Corel newsgroups, Corel is the one that has the problem. They have a message posted on their site about their newsgroups.
