From 06cddc6badf9b4a4791361cfbeffc5b1e2d2d6a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Thomas E. Dickey" Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 23:18:52 -0400 Subject: snapshot of project "lynx", label v2-8-6dev_4 --- lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html | 26 +++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html') diff --git a/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html b/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html index 470df572..4095b3c9 100644 --- a/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html +++ b/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ URL Schemes Supported in Lynx - + @@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ ID attributes as NAME-ed anchors for all tags in the BODY of a document which can correspond to positions in the rendering of the document.

The https URL has the same format, but the default port is :443. -Patches for support of https URLs and the CONNECT procedure are available -for qualified recipients via Lynx links. US Export laws -and associated red tape pose severe impediments to inclusion of this support -in the general distributions of freeware WWW clients such as Lynx. Sorry.

:119. A host field must be included in nntp URLs, and the port field is optional with the same -default. Patches for support of snews URLs are available to qualified -recipients via Lynx links -but cannot be included in the general distribution (sorry, see http and https). +default. + +

If the URL requires authentication, +lynx will prompt you for the username and password. +These are cached during a session, +for reuse on the same host. +If $HOME/.newsauth exists, +lynx initializes its cache from this file. +The .newsauth file contents are one line per entry: +hostname, password and username +(in that order) separated by a space.

The formats are:

@@ -365,9 +367,7 @@ for posting to news groups.  Lynx has long supported newspost and
 newreply URL schemes for posting new messages or sending followups,
 respectively, to standard nntp servers, with default port :119.
 Lynx now also supports homologous snewspost and snewsreply URLs for use
-with SSL capable nntp servers, but the latter requires patches for built
-in SSL support, or use of a daemon which handles the secure communications
-on behalf of Lynx.
+with SSL capable nntp servers.
 
 
The formats are:
 
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