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Also known as: AUTHINFO USER, AUTHINFO PASS
The NNTP command pair that logs a client into a server: AUTHINFO USER followed by the account name, then AUTHINFO PASS followed by the password. The server answers 381 after the username and 281 once the password is accepted. It is near universal on commercial providers, which meter connections per account. Sent over an unencrypted link, both values travel in the clear.
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