From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9108 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hadron Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: emacs, Gnus, sendmail ? Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:37:57 +0200 Message-ID: <87ira0ds0a.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1181187350.287690@vasbyt.isdsl.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181212846 4068 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2007 10:40:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 10:40:46 +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 Jun 07 12:40:44 2007 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 4.50) id 1HwFQ3-0007zD-Br for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:40:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HwFQ2-00041q-SP for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:40:42 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 64 Original-X-Trace: individual.net p15db/Y14/qT3FhaY9xC2QeCqqjKu5UMiJMYleP4wJVmX4v0xF X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net!news X-Face: 2h#||Cd#d%F*NCm59[_6/{1a@jy%; |j>{D~4^gKg(^i%7j0IK?+,/GmW&:CD5fEKb_! User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:255r6SofC2xkz7OCseXy/OJqmlk= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.os.linux.misc:734102 gnu.emacs.gnus:79291 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:9108 Archived-At: news@absamail.co.za writes: > Re. Gnus, I read in the FAQ:----- extract ------ > I just installed Gnus, started it via M-x gnus but it only says "nntp > (news) open error", what to do? > > You've got to tell Gnus where to fetch the news from. Read the > documentation for information on how to do this. As a first start, put > those lines in ~/.gnus.el: > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.yourprovider.net")) > (setq user-mail-address "you@yourprovider.net") > (setq user-full-name "Your Name") > ------------ end of extract----- > > I'm logged in as root [since I need freedom to setup the various > parameters], but I've got no /root/.gnus.el file; so I created one > containing the recommended: > '(setq gnus....'(nntp " ...."). > But still I only see the 'can't contect to server' error. Do not log in as root to set this up. Which linux/unix are you using? If you create a root/.emacs and root/.gnus.el then how do you expect your usual login to see these files? You need /home/youruser/.gnus.el where /home/youruser is your home directory. And in it you will have something like (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "newshost")) When you say "I only see "cant contact server"", where you logged in as your normal user? if so, thats what I would expect because your normal user doesnt have a .gnus.el - you set it up for root instead. Learn sudo or whatever the equivalent is on your OS. Use google. But you will only need that for configuring leafnode or something similar for creating a localhost nntp server reading from a locally buffered cache. > > Also emacs apparently uses sendmail to send mail. > But the 'return-path/from' fields are not configured. > And sendmail.cf is a 57K monster ! > How is THIS problem to be fixed ? > > And what fascinates me, is that after all the labour invested, > the bleeding-edge-boys say "you must keep updated". > I.e install the latest version and re-do all the re-configuration ?! No they dont. That is total rubbish. Emacs crowd are the most conservative ever! > > Any advice on how to fix-it appreciated. > > == Chris Glur. > > --