* reading from DejaNews or from a foreign server
@ 1999-03-04 20:57 Jack Vinson
1999-03-05 20:02 ` Jack Vinson
1999-03-05 20:14 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Jack Vinson @ 1999-03-04 20:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
Well, it looks like I will need to do more News reading from a different
source. The news server at work blows.
When I try to connect to dejanews with 'G w,' I don't seem to be getting
any articles, even when I specify very busy groups like comp.lang.c. I get
the message "Couldn't request group: No matching articles." Maybe I don't
quite get how that is supposed to work. (I was hoping to simply to connect
to the group and start reading, but the *Info* page makes it sound like
that is difficult at best.)
So, the other option is to connect to my school server from work. I would
like to do this as a foreign server.
I tried the obvious: gnus-browse-foreign-server, but I get errors on
connecting. My guess is that I need to telnet in and then connect to the
news server. I am guessing I need to set the nntp-open-connection-function
to nntp-open-telnet, but it is not clear how to do this only for the
foreign group. How do I set the the secondary-select-method to get happy?
What if the news server I am familiar with is a spool, but on a foreign
server? Does that even make sense? It would need my login ID and password
if they aren't the same as the ones on this system, right?
--
Jack Vinson <jvinson@chevax.ecs.umass.edu> http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~vinson/
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* Re: reading from DejaNews or from a foreign server
1999-03-04 20:57 reading from DejaNews or from a foreign server Jack Vinson
@ 1999-03-05 20:02 ` Jack Vinson
1999-03-14 15:45 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-03-05 20:14 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jack Vinson @ 1999-03-05 20:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
Let's try this again....
I have access to a nntp news server called news.bob.com. However, I
can only get to that news server if I first login to one of the machines at
bob.com (let's go with foo.bob.com). What do I need to do to get news from
this server?
I've tried a couple iterations around a select method like this, based on
the vague clues in the *info* file
'(nntp "bob"
(nntp-address "news.bob.com")
(nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-telnet)
)
or
'(nntp "bob2"
(nntp-address "foo.bob.com")
(nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-telnet)
(nntp-telnet-parameters '("exec" "telnet" "-8" "news.bob.com" "nntp"))
)
Of course, none of this works. Could it simply be that telnet from NT
doesn't understand all the proper switches?
--
Jack Vinson <jvinson@chevax.ecs.umass.edu> http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~vinson/
Zippy: Okay, BARBRA STREISAND, I recognize you now!! Also EFREM ZIMBALIST,
JUNIOR!! And BEAUMONT NEWHALL!! Everybody into th' BATHROOM!
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* Re: reading from DejaNews or from a foreign server
1999-03-04 20:57 reading from DejaNews or from a foreign server Jack Vinson
1999-03-05 20:02 ` Jack Vinson
@ 1999-03-05 20:14 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1999-03-05 20:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
Jack Vinson <jvinson@chevax.ecs.umass.edu> writes:
> When I try to connect to dejanews with 'G w,' I don't seem to be getting
> any articles, even when I specify very busy groups like comp.lang.c. I get
> the message "Couldn't request group: No matching articles." Maybe I don't
> quite get how that is supposed to work. (I was hoping to simply to connect
> to the group and start reading, but the *Info* page makes it sound like
> that is difficult at best.)
`G w' will search for articles containing the string "comp.lang.c".
Anyway, DejaNews have changed their layout yet again, so I wouldn't be
surprised if nnweb broke again.
> I tried the obvious: gnus-browse-foreign-server, but I get errors on
> connecting. My guess is that I need to telnet in and then connect to the
> news server. I am guessing I need to set the nntp-open-connection-function
> to nntp-open-telnet, but it is not clear how to do this only for the
> foreign group. How do I set the the secondary-select-method to get happy?
Create a virtual server with the right settings in the server buffer,
and then give the name of this server when you are prompted for a
backend when `B'ing.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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* Re: reading from DejaNews or from a foreign server
1999-03-05 20:02 ` Jack Vinson
@ 1999-03-14 15:45 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1999-03-14 15:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
Jack Vinson <jvinson@chevax.ecs.umass.edu> writes:
> '(nntp "bob2"
> (nntp-address "foo.bob.com")
> (nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-telnet)
> (nntp-telnet-parameters '("exec" "telnet" "-8" "news.bob.com" "nntp"))
> )
>
> Of course, none of this works. Could it simply be that telnet from NT
> doesn't understand all the proper switches?
Is foo.bob.com an NT machine? If not, then telnet isn't run on an NT
box, which means that it doesn't matter much...
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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