" Coogee" <coogee@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6472318F-BA5B-49D0-BF39-5D6F1290B08F@xxxxxx
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>I have done this many, many times, and the results are still the same.
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> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23$x76mYGJHA.224@xxxxxx Quote:
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>> "Coogee" <coogee@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uWYqB6TGJHA.3664@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> New laptop with Vista. I'm the admin, only account. Trying to set up
>>> newsgroups from my news server, which requires me to log on. All is set
>>> up OK in the account screens. When I try to initially download the
>>> newsgroups on the server, up pops a Windows security notice, asking me
>>> to log on to the newsgroups server-
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>>> "verify that both username and password are correct for your mail
>>> server".
Why is it asking about a mail server when you are
trying to configure a news server connection?
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>>> After I enter user name and password, and click OK, the screen keeps
>>> popping up asking for same prompt. I am giving it the correct info, but
>>> will not accept, so can't begin to download newsgroups. Whatever I
>>> enter will change what's in the account screen for the server setup.
>>> Tried turning all the windows security options off that I could find,
>>> but still can't get past the security screen. Any advice on this?
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>> Well, if you're using Windows Mail as the newsreader, then WM won't hold
>> that user-id and psw at times, and it won't accept the credentials with
>> repeated prompts asking for the credentials. You can be posting and it
>> will loose the credentials too, and it starts prompting.
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>> The best way to fix this is to shutdown the newsreader, start it up
>> again, go to your account and give the credentials there to see if they
>> will hold permanently.
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>> I have seen this problem on Vista for Outlook and POP3 where the
>> credentials are lost, and it keeps asking for the credentials and never
>> holds, until one goes back to the account to fix it.
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