Connect to a specific newsserver and access the given newsgroup
Warning |
This function is deprecated. That means that future versions of this package may not support it anymore. |
Consider this method deprecated - use Net_NNTP::connectAuthenticated() instead.
$nntpserver - Name of the newsserver to connect
$port - Port, where the newsserver listens
$newsgroup - Newsgroup to access
$user - Username to authenticate
$user - Username to authenticate
$pass - Password to authenticate
$authmode - Type of authentication, at the moment only PEAR_NNTP_AUTHORIGINAL
Table 38-1. Possible PEAR_Error values
Error code | Error message | Reason | Solution |
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NULL | "Could not connect to NNTP-server $nntpserver" or "Not connected" |
The connection couldn't be established because
| Check for server name, the connection to the net and possible firewalls on client or server side |
NULL | Every other message | This message is directly passed from the news server, in the most cases caused by calling a non existing newsgroup | Check the given newsgroup name |
This function can not be called statically.
Warning |
This function is deprecated. That means that future versions of this package may not support it anymore. |
Fetching data with a connection created with prepareConnection() is faster then a created connection with connect()
Example 38-1. Using prepareConnection()
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