From: Dan Espen <daneNO@MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs, Gnus, sendmail ?
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:56:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <icejknappa.fsf@mk.telcordia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1181187350.287690@vasbyt.isdsl.net>
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.
>From my ~/.gnus:
(setq gnus-select-method
'(nntp "news"))
(setq nntp-authinfo-user "username@servername"
nntp-authinfo-password "xxxxx"
gnus-nntp-server "newsgroups.servername")
(add-hook 'nntp-server-opened-hook 'nntp-send-authinfo t)
> 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 ?!
Please stop whining. Fun to keep updated, you get nice new stuff.
I don't have to do any re-configuration.
If you don't want to keep updated, don't.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-07 12:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-07 3:35 news
2007-06-07 9:37 ` Hadron
2007-06-07 12:56 ` Dan Espen [this message]
2007-06-07 13:39 ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-06-07 17:27 ` Reiner Steib
2007-06-08 3:13 ` Tim X
2007-06-08 9:42 ` Dick Hoogendijk
2007-06-08 14:35 ` Tim X
2007-06-08 14:04 ` Reiner Steib
2007-06-08 14:38 ` Tim X
2007-06-08 14:23 ` Joel J. Adamson
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