Hi Robert,

>One of my news providers requires a NNTP AUTH before any transactions can take
> place.  Is there a way to pass a username and password on the bnntp command
> line to that BBBS can grab news from those servers?


Here's an example of setup like you mention.. this worked for me at the time:

./bbbs bnntp w 1 newshost.echoes.net cjb.net,prismbbs,password snippets.org
./bbbs bnntp r 1 newshost.echoes.net cjb.net,prismbbs,password snippets.org

Just type bbbs bnntp for the full help for the command.

> Also, it would be nice if we could predefine NNTP servers in bcfg and then
> refer to those servers by number on the command line instead of specifying
> multiple server addresses when we only need one.

Ok, you'd like to do it on the command line.. It's just the opposite..

In bcfg4->global->Conferences there is a field for NNTPHost, I have for the
particular group I'm looking at a 1 in that field.

"Host number is the NNTP server number, given in BNNTP command line."

Hope this helps :)

Take care,
Janis

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