From: Gernot Hassenpflug <gernot@nict.go.jp>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: news server with socks proxy howto?
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:32:00 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tzthhq0f.fsf@nict.go.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <l8vedy8rad.fsf@clpc78.comlab>
poppyer <poppyer@gmail.com> writes:
> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
>
>> >>>>> In <wmy7iwt47b.fsf@clpc78.comlab> poppyer wrote:
>>
>> > I would like to use gnus to connect to two news servers. In
>> > particular, say, I would like to connect to server "news1.org" directly,
>> > and connect to "news2.org" by socks proxy "proxy.net". Any idea how to
>> > set it up? Thanks
>>
>> If you have an account in an intermediate host machine outside
>> of the proxy server and you can access it using ssh or telnet
>> through the proxy, the nntp-via-* methods are what you look for.
>>
>> (info "(gnus)Example Methods") <-- type `C-x C-e' here.
>
> --
/repaired top posting/
> thanks, Katsumi
> but it seems that only nntp-via-telnet/rlogin are valid?
> I intend to use nntp-via-ssh is possible.
>
Not true, see the manual. I admit that I could not debug this when it
did not work at times (after some updates on my previous system) and
often used a separate forwarded port ssh connection and then a
localhost NNTP access. I suspect it works fine now.
>From nntp.el (see manual for example and variable options):
,----
| (defvoo nntp-via-rlogin-command "rsh"
| "*Rlogin command used to connect to an intermediate host.
| This command is used by the methods `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-telnet'
| and `nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-netcat'. The default is \"rsh\", but \"ssh\"
| is a popular alternative.")
`----
Gernot
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-09 1:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-07 11:05 poppyer
2007-06-08 0:34 ` Gernot Hassenpflug
2007-06-08 1:46 ` poppyer
2007-06-08 4:06 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2007-06-08 14:16 ` poppyer
2007-06-09 1:32 ` Gernot Hassenpflug [this message]
2007-06-09 7:30 ` poppyer
2007-06-09 22:53 ` Gernot Hassenpflug
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