CNntpClient::Authenticate Method  
 
INT Authenticate(
  LPCTSTR lpszUserName,  
  LPCTSTR lpszPassword  
);

The Authenticate method is used to authenticate access to the news server. Not all news servers require authentication by the client.

Parameters

lpszUserName
Pointer to a string which specifies the user name required for authentication on the news server.
lpszPassword
Pointer to a string which specifies the password required for authentication on the news server.

Return Value

If the method succeeds, the return value is the server result code. If the method fails, the return value is NNTP_ERROR. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

This method should only be called if the server requires authentication. Two authentication methods, "original" and "simple" authentication, are recognized by the library.

Requirements

Minimum Desktop Platform: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Minimum Server Platform: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Header File: cstools11.h
Import Library: csnwsv11.lib
Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions

See Also

Connect, ListArticles, ListGroups