Emanuel Berg writes: > David Hume writes: > >>> This should be the name of the server, not the name >>> of the news group. (I can't remember the name of the >>> free server, but it probably begins with 'news'). >> >> Try news.gnus.org. I've tried - --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.gmane.org") '(nntp "nntp.aioe.org") '(nntp "news.gnus.org")) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- but its failing saying - ╭──── │Wrote /home/boudiccas/.gnus.el │add-to-list: Invalid function: (nntp "news.gnus.org") ╰──── So how can I add it then please? The other two links work, so why doesn'tthe last one? If I use "news.gnus.org" as the url it takes me to a index page with a graphic on it of various sites in a rather spiffing looking graphic! So I'm puzzled. My idea was that I would be able to get advance information when a new gnus and emacs are released, but maybe I could get that information elsewhere? Sharon. > > Or: > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "Aioe.org")) > > To add a group, I use this: > > (defun gnus-add-nntp-group (group) > (interactive "s Newsgroup: ") > (gnus-group-make-group group > (symbol-to-string (car gnus-select-method)) > (cadr gnus-select-method) ) > (gnus-save-newsrc-file) ) > > which I have bound to "a" (for "add"). > > Otherwise you can just use `M-x gnus-group-make-group' > if you don't mind repeating yourself a few times. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.92.1