Daniel Brown wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Crayon Shin Chan > <crayon.shin.chan.uk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wednesday 16 April 2008, vester_s wrote: >> >> > Can anybody tell me how can php connect to NNTP to get the list of >> > all users in the newsgroups? >> >> NNTP has no concept of "users". > > Crayon is right. > > Authentication is probably being done via PAM or an IMAP module > (or something of the sort). If required, authentication is done via NNTP. The nntp servers can be set up to require authentication for some or more groups, for instance for closed user communities. If you check your newsreader, you'll no doubt find a place to tick "authentication required" and to enter userid and password. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
