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| author | Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> | 2004-02-20 08:53:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> | 2009-02-24 08:51:37 -0600 |
| commit | f9a6d6d3ebd172d482393bdd268bcbd2db174b7a (patch) | |
| tree | 146e6728c9eb624b1fc49faff0a8028f8f04626b | |
| parent | 84cd11dfd0f17a16ccf9a2f54098e0bc8a1a4bea (diff) | |
| download | perl-libnet-f9a6d6d3ebd172d482393bdd268bcbd2db174b7a.tar.gz | |
Add POD for authinfo
| -rw-r--r-- | Net/NNTP.pm | 6 |
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diff --git a/Net/NNTP.pm b/Net/NNTP.pm index b682a68..f9a6ddf 100644 --- a/Net/NNTP.pm +++ b/Net/NNTP.pm @@ -857,6 +857,12 @@ that it will allow posting. =item authinfo ( USER, PASS ) +Authenticates to the server (using AUTHINFO USER / AUTHINFO PASS) +using the supplied username and password. Please note that the +password is sent in clear text to the server. This command should not +be used with valuable passwords unless the connection to the server is +somehow protected. + =item list () Obtain information about all the active newsgroups. The results is a reference |