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Document the new ,netrc awareness in nntplib.

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Eric S. Raymond 2002-12-31 15:28:44 +00:00
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@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ The module itself defines the following items:
Return a new instance of the \class{NNTP} class, representing a
connection to the NNTP server running on host \var{host}, listening at
port \var{port}. The default \var{port} is 119. If the optional
\var{user} and \var{password} are provided, the
\samp{AUTHINFO USER} and \samp{AUTHINFO PASS} commands are used to
\var{user} and \var{password} are provided,
or if suitable credentials are present in \file{~/.netrc},
the \samp{AUTHINFO USER} and \samp{AUTHINFO PASS} commands are used to
identify and authenticate the user to the server. If the optional
flag \var{readermode} is true, then a \samp{mode reader} command is
sent before authentication is performed. Reader mode is sometimes