From: don-aitken@freeuk.com 
  
 On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 07:58:43 +0100, "Jan Veerman" 
  wrote: 
  
 >How can i change from 1 newsserver to another without getting the 
 >announcement: 
 >>bad command   480 
 >>authentication required. 
 >>??? 
 >>please answer. 
 > 
 There are, I think, no news servers which (intentionally) allow access 
 to all and sundry. You need either: 
  
 1. to be connecting via the provider's own system (ISP, college, 
 whatever), or 
  
 2. to have a subscription, which may involve payment (Supernews, 
 Giganews) or may be free (individual.net). 
  
 The second type normally requires authentication by provision of a 
 pasword. 
  
 You can't just connect to a randomly chosen news server and expect to 
 get a service (which somebody, after all, is paying for). 
  
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