Re: [Sonic #1824671] problem with Usenet feed supernews.sonic.net

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert )]

 > From: "Sonic.net Tech Support" <http://www.sonic.net/~support>
 > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:30:35 -0700
 >
 > >  > the username and password.
 > > 
 > > Actually, I use "suck" to download the articles for later reading.
 > > 
 > > I just looked at my script and it never passed either the user name nor a
 > > password to retrieve the articles.  But, it does first try
 > > "news.sonic.net" and, if that doesn't work, uses "supernews.sonic.net".
 > > This may be the first time it has ever tried the supernews feed, so
 > > perhaps that is why I never ran into this problem before.
 > > 
 > > In any case, is it the case that "news.sonic.net" does not require a
 > > password (authentication), but "supernews.sonic.net" does?
 > 
 > If you're coming from a Sonic.net IP, yes. You only need to authenticate on 
 > news.sonic.net from IP space outside our network. For Supernews, you'll need to 
 > make sure you're typing in your username as "http://www.sonic.net/~username"; (without the 
 > quotes). 

OK, then, this must've just been a blip -- a temporary failure.

I guess I'll have to figure out how to provide the username and password
to suck when using supernews.

You can go ahead and close this ticket.