From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9095 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: can gnus do this ? Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:48:37 -0400 Organization: Harvard University Message-ID: <87ira1z1sq.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> References: <1181102221.728666@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 1181141377 12669 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2007 14:49:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:49:37 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 06 16:49:36 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 1HvwpM-0000Rq-0G for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:49:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HvwpL-00070E-Kn for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:49:35 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!panix!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!news.tele.dk!feed118.news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!news.ccs.neu.edu!news.dfci.harvard.edu!news.harvard.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus, alt.comp.software.newsreaders, news.software.readers Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: w0053328.mgh.harvard.edu Original-X-Trace: plato.harvard.edu 1181134129 7089 132.183.29.121 (6 Jun 2007 12:48:49 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@plato.harvard.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:48:49 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bsvTOnlJLN6w7wghyB0VM65DGiY= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79272 news.software.readers:224331 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:49:24 -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:9095 Archived-At: 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 -- Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109