Function: url-news-open-host

url-news-open-host is a byte-compiled function defined in url-news.el.gz.

Signature

(url-news-open-host HOST PORT USER PASS)

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/url/url-news.el.gz
(defun url-news-open-host (host port user pass)
  (if (fboundp 'nnheader-init-server-buffer)
      (nnheader-init-server-buffer))
  (nntp-open-server host (list port))
  (if (and user pass)
      (progn
	(nntp-send-command "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO USER" user)
	(nntp-send-command "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO PASS" pass)
	(if (not (nntp-server-opened host))
            (display-warning 'url (format "NNTP authentication to `%s' as `%s' failed"
				   host user))))))