From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/13948 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: xtd8865@gmail.com (.Martin.) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: a few questions about the initial setup of gnus Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:01:03 +0000 Organization: narrenturm Message-ID: <877hpoovts.fsf@slack64.serverdot.org> References: <87k4tppvjx.fsf@slack64.serverdot.org> <877hppadqb.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> <87bpf1ppry.fsf@slack64.serverdot.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273156127 26631 80.91.229.12 (6 May 2010 14:28:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 14:28:47 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 06 16:28:46 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OA21G-00038b-St for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 May 2010 16:28:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45824 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OA21E-0001ZN-AU for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 May 2010 10:25:40 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!cyclone01.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe24.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cK+uSLWlONpMv4S8MZFZYo5kl7c= Original-Lines: 50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.17.0.107 Original-X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com Original-X-Trace: newsfe24.ams2 1267984808 82.17.0.107 (Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:00:08 UTC) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:00:08 UTC Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:84104 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 05 May 2010 21:07:19 -0400 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:13948 Archived-At: xtd8865@gmail.com (.Martin.) writes: There's one more thing that puzzles me. Whenever I post something, in the main window which lists a group topics it doesn't show my name, just the name of the usegroup (unlike with other people's posts). Below I quote my original post which includes my config files. The other thing is how could I set it up so that my email address wouldn't appear in the header (or I could write a dummy email there) thank you > When it comes to subsribing to newsgroups, I created a file ~/.newsrc > and included the names of newsgroups I know I want to subscribe to. > Alternatively, there is such an option in emacs/gnus menu. > > When it comes to posting messages, I created a ~/.gnus file > and included the following: > > (setq gnus-posting-styles > '((".*" > ;; (address "email@gomain.com") > (organization "blahblah") > (signature-file "~/.gnus-sig") > )) > ) > > ;; my mail headers - if not using posting styles > (setq user-full-name ".Martin.") > (setq user-mail-address "blahblah@gmail.com") > > (setq gnus-check-new-newsgroups nil > gnus-read-active-file nil > gnus-nov-is-evil nil) > > > ;; don't ask how many email to dowload > (setq gnus-large-newsgroup 'nil) > > > I've still got some question that I haven't found any answer. > I guess I'll post them in separate posts -- regards .Martin.