From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 31374 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2021 16:46:15 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Jul 2021 16:46:15 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1m6yJR-009RWr-V0 for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:46:13 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1m6yJR-00Afun-Ej for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:46:13 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1m6yJQ-00Afuf-Es for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:46:12 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1m6yJO-0077ZO-7X for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:46:12 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Reply-To:References:In-Reply-To: Subject:Cc:To:From:Message-ID:Date:Sender:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=7pQmMMSqaeiA+gVyhLl+vlDkSpNirgM3SU7MlCypotE=; b=KZQWYQsvVORmEtV0E+w8NHa2Pj oT5RXsORWtOJU5GKK40kxo/ULtIZahwGPm/oqB7giwESJFKyJzLl5CFDOOyMufIjUMAQxCyc4kGKF Im3zhYSW9JnIEuXIwfkl38V6ivNIH9TbI/fx38YT1a8DOJxhnnjjk5DroiPDJz3gheW8=; Received: from debian-2.covici.com ([166.84.7.93] helo=covici.com) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m6yJH-0007iZ-4p for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:46:05 +0200 Received: from ccs.covici.com (ccs.covici.com [70.109.53.110]) (authenticated bits=0) by covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-14~deb10u1) with ESMTPSA id 16NGieZc022919 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:44:41 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 16NGjgkm1958818 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:45:43 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 16NGjg9c1958817; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:45:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:45:42 -0400 Message-ID: From: John Covici To: Eric Abrahamsen Cc: Pankaj Jangid , ding@gnus.org Subject: Re: problem using gnus In-Reply-To: <87im118086.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87im118086.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/27 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com Organization: Covici Computer Systems MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII List-ID: Precedence: bulk The select method is just '(gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.grc.com") On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:27:05 -0400, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > > John Covici writes: > > > OK, that worked -- thanks. Now I run into another problem -- when I > > try to post something in one of the newsgroups, first it asked me for > > a user name, since none is necessary, I just hit enter. Then it said > > do you want to post to this possibly unknown newsgroup. When I said > > yes, it started reading -- I cancelled after 3 megabytes, not sure if > > it wanted to read the whole newsgroup into memory or something. > > Nothing like this is mentioned in the manual -- I have not quite read > > the whole thing yet. > > Can you show the definition of this server in your select methods? If > you don't have an entry for this machine in your .authinfo etc, it > should just skip authentication. Unless you've got `nntp-authinfo-force' > set to t somewhere? > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@ccs.covici.com