James Hurrell wrote:

Thanks Howard, I have posted there already - with no results... I feel it
may be the news server I'm trying to connect to. I added news.individual.net
which also requires authentication and I got the same username dialog, but
then immediately after I got the same dialog but requesting a password - hey
presto all works.

Ah, interesting.

Just a shot in the dark here. Could you, at some time in the past, have
entered a (wrong) password for this site?

Try:- Tools\Options\Advanced\Saved Passwords\View Saved Passwords. Have
a look and see if there is a password set for the server. If so, delete
it and you should be asked for it next time you log on to it.

If this does not work, I can only suggest contacting the server admin to
see if they have any ideas.

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Howard Neil