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Subject: Re: Can't connect with nntp-open-telnet
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes:
> > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "firewall"
> >             (nntp-address "unixs.cis.pitt.edu")
> >             (nntp-open-server-function nntp-open-telnet)
> >             (nntp-end-of-line "\n")
> >             (nntp-telnet-user-name "madst38")
> >             (nntp-telnet-passwd "XXXXXXX")
> >             (nntp-telnet-parameters       ("telnet" "usenet.pitt.edu"
> > "nntp"))))
> 
> This should work, I think, although these things often take some
> fiddling.  I've yet to come up with something that seems to work on
> more than a couple of systems at a time.  :-)

I don't think he mentioned which version of Gnus he is using, but as
he is posting this to the ding list it is probably Red Gnus, and in
that case `nntp-open-server-function' must be replaced with
`nntp-open-connection-function'.


Thor
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