[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlpKmTa1OPwy5Jk24pOoD8Vlo2jahzTPnw"
 nickname="Stephen"
 subject="rss authentication"
 date="2013-08-13T13:32:52Z"
 content="""
If a podcast requires authentication, is there a way to pass credentials through? I tried `http://user:pass@site.com/rss.xml` but it didn't work.

"""]]