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From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson)
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: can gnus do this ?
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:48:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ira1z1sq.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1181102221.728666@vasbyt.isdsl.net>

news@absamail.co.za writes:

> So far [on linux] it "can't connect to server" - error.

I had simply set the wrong variable: under Customize, you should set
Gnus Select Method to nntp and give it the name of the server, instead
of "Gnus Server File" or "Gnus Server."

Joel

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-06-06 12:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-06  3:57 news
2007-06-06  8:43 ` Frank Schmitt
2007-06-06 12:48 ` Joel J. Adamson [this message]
2007-06-06 12:52 news
2007-06-06 13:27 ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-06-07 13:45   ` Frank Slootweg
2007-06-07 14:58     ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-06-08  3:19       ` Tim X
2007-06-08  3:16     ` Tim X

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