Re: How to subscribe gnu.org mailing lists with gnus

[Thorsten <quintfall@googlemail.com>]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

> Thorsten <quintfall@googlemail.com> writes:

Hi Michael, 

>> Hi list, 
>> probably a not so smart question:
>> how do I subscribe a gnu.org mailing list with gnus? 
>> I tried 
>>
>> B nntp gnu.org  gcc.gnu.org an news.gnu.org
>>
>> but none of the three version worked out. I already subscribed on the
>> web interface, but would like to read and post in gnus.
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm also quite a newbie...  If I try to do what you describe, Gnus says
> the servers are refusing the connection.  So, may guess is that either
> the servers you tried aren't existing, or you need to authenticate.

I think nntp was the wrong (a tad naive) approach anyway ...

> AFAIK you can't subscribe to mailing lists with a newsreader.  You can
> only subscribe to groups.  Groups and mailing lists are two different
> things.  However, some mailing lists are linked to a certain group via
> a gateway, and thus those are synchronized.

I was a bit confused about that, having subscribed to so many mailing
lists on gmane. 

> So, you may want to find out if the mailing lists you want are mirrored
> in a news group.  Then you need to find a news server where you can read
> the newsgroup (not all newsservers will have the group you want).
>
> If I'm totally wrong, maybe describe what you want and did in more
> detail, and what messages you got etc.

I already figured out that I had ignored the difference of a mailing
list and a newsgroup. If that list turns out to be important for me, I
will request it being added to gmane. 

Thanks for your help. 

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten