Bug#2220: INN feed password interacts badly with trn XMODE READER

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Miquel van Smoorenburg writes:
> Eh, no. Ah, now I get what you're aiming at. Allright, I'll make sure
> the Debian INN will reckognize both mode and xmode, even in
> password-protected mode.

Thanks.  I have a feed site that also want to read.  I didn't mean to
make their hosts.nntp entry password protected (I missed a colon), but
when I discovered the bug I thought it ought to be fixed.

> Just out of interest, why do you need it? I've patched INN up so that it
> doesn't need localhost in hosts.nntp anymore. It uses a unix socket for
> local postings (nntpin) and a pipe for ctlinnd.

Is ctlinnd still reliable like that ?  I like the idea of not needing
localhost in hosts.nntp ...

Ian.