Subject: Re: How do you authorise posting to a newsgroup using Pine

From: [email-masked] (Al Sparks)
Date: 05 Dec 1995 04:39:36 GMT

>>>>> "A" == Anil Pannikkat <[email-masked]> writes:
A> Hi
A>         I am the su on my local system. I recently set up Pine on my
A> machine (A DEC -station running ULTRIX 4.0). And I also have a
A> newsserver listed in the conf. file. 
A>         I can read all the newsgroups fine, but I am unable to post to
A> a newsgroup.  When I try to post, I get a message saying
A>         Error.. 480 Authentication required...
A>         What do I need to change or check so that I can post?
A>         Any info would be welcome.
A>         Thanks

It sounds like the news server isn't accepting your machine.  Check
and make sure you're in the nameserver.
   === Al