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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libnntplib.tex | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libnntplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libnntplib.tex index a2161ce..1aa5d43 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libnntplib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libnntplib.tex @@ -54,12 +54,14 @@ The module itself defines the following items: \begin{classdesc}{NNTP}{host\optional{, port \optional{, user\optional{, password - \optional{, readermode}}}}} + \optional{, readermode} + \optional{, usenetrc}}}}} 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, -or if suitable credentials are present in \file{~/.netrc}, +or if suitable credentials are present in \file{~/.netrc} and the +optional flag \var{usenetrc} is true (the default), 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 @@ -68,6 +70,9 @@ necessary if you are connecting to an NNTP server on the local machine and intend to call reader-specific commands, such as \samp{group}. If you get unexpected \code{NNTPPermanentError}s, you might need to set \var{readermode}. \var{readermode} defaults to \code{None}. +\var{usenetrc} defaults to \code{True}. + +\versionchanged[\var{usenetrc} argument added]{2.4} \end{classdesc} \begin{classdesc}{NNTPError}{} |