From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jude DaShiell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: gnus authentication bug Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:05:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373659590 1774 80.91.229.3 (12 Jul 2013 20:06:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:06:30 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 12 22:06:32 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Uxjbo-00072q-5A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:06:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37169 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uxjbn-0001hJ-NC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:06:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49203) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxjbG-0001Ha-7a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:05:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxjbF-0004OW-76 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:05:54 -0400 Original-Received: from shellworld.net ([69.60.117.94]:62463 helo=server1.shellworld.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxjbF-0004ON-1t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:05:53 -0400 Original-Received: by server1.shellworld.net (Postfix, from userid 1024) id 3913E22969; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:05:52 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server1.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36AC022965 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:05:52 -0400 (EDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Mac OS X 10.x X-Received-From: 69.60.117.94 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:92093 Archived-At: This can be reproduced using news.metrocast.net since it is one of the news servers that require authentication. When I start up gnus, without providing authentication, gnus goes into deep space and gets lost. It downloads an active file over a million bytes in size and just keeps on downloading. If I run rtin against the same server news.metrocast.net, the subcontracted server with the news on it comes up news.giga.com and expects authentication without downloading any active file. For whatever reason, gnus is failing to catch and display the authentication expected message and this is the version 5.3..1 built into emacs 23.x. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude About to block another web browser version? Ask yourself what Tim Berners-lee would do.