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: Re: gnus authentication bug Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:14:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373674484 12624 80.91.229.3 (13 Jul 2013 00:14:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 00:14:44 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 13 02:14:43 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 1UxnU2-0004P0-B2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jul 2013 02:14:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53644 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxnU1-0001gN-Im for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:14:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36189) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxnTp-0001gI-41 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:14:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxnTo-00011G-2t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:14:29 -0400 Original-Received: from shellworld.net ([69.60.117.94]:59408 helo=server1.shellworld.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxnTn-00010r-VS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:14:28 -0400 Original-Received: by server1.shellworld.net (Postfix, from userid 1024) id 7A9D122963; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:14:27 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server1.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78FB122959 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:14:27 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: 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:92098 Archived-At: On Fri, 12 Jul 2013, Jude DaShiell wrote: > 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. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude About to block another web browser version? Ask yourself what Tim Berners-lee would do. That's version 5.13 of gnus that hangs and fails to show authentication expected messages and prompt for credentials. I transposed a couple numbers.