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RFC 977: This is because the standard NNTP protocol does not require...

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Comment by Andir
Submitted on 4/3/2004
Related RFC: RFC 977
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This is because the standard NNTP protocol does not require login. You may be inquiring about USENET Authentication. In that case, the authentication commands are as follows:AUTHINFO USER <username>AUTHINFO PASS <password>But note, this it not part of RFC977. It is a server dependent command.