nntp.el -- Questions

nntp.el -- Questions

[Kai Grossjohann]

Hi,

the name of an nntp server is just a string suitable for identifying
it, right?  The value used to determine which host to contact is
nntp-server-address, right?

I created an nntp server "blubb", then edited it to have
nntp-server-address "maria" and nntp-port-number 9000.  I tried to
Open that server from the server buffer -- no joy :(

I created a second nntp server same as "blubb" but called it "maria"
(same as nntp-server-address).  This one worked.

The problem lies with nntp-open-network-stream, somehow:

(defun nntp-open-network-stream (server)
  (open-network-stream 
   "nntpd" nntp-server-buffer server nntp-port-number))

I'm not sure if this should be nntp-server-address rather than server,
or if all the places calling this should be changed.

For the time being, I'm changing this to nntp-server-address, but I'd
like to know if this is right.

What's the story?

        kai
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Re: nntp.el -- Questions

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh@dusty.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> the name of an nntp server is just a string suitable for identifying
> it, right? 

Yup.

> The value used to determine which host to contact is
> nntp-server-address, right?

Nope.  `nntp-address' is the right variable for that.

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