> How does one doing an NNTP news run using a username and password?

From sysop.txt (search for BNNTP, or use bag sysop.gui)

BBBS BNNTP - Exchange netnews with NNTP servers
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Usage: bbbs bnntp w [host0] {host1} {host2} {...}
       or bbbs bnntp r [host0] {host1} {host2} {...}
       or bbbs bnntp z [host0] {host1} {host2} {...}
       or bbbs bnntp s [host] [localname] [n]
       or bbbs bnntp c [host] [localname] [n]
       or bbbs bnntp g [host] [filename]
[...]
"If your news server require you can replace host with host,username or
host,username,password to send extra authinfo commands." [...]


Take care,
Janis

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