From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9111 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: emacs, Gnus, sendmail ? Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:56:01 -0400 Message-ID: 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 1181226299 19912 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2007 14:24:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:24:59 +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 16:24:58 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 1HwIv3-00049A-Oz for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:24:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HwIv3-0007C6-A4 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:24:57 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:56:05 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) XEmacs/21.4 (Constant Variable, i386-redhat-linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NxWo5Ol7pTiOffWnnWViMa5eiNs= Original-Lines: 36 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.249.120.120 Original-X-Trace: sv3-N80fKOd63MIjiWLycqdyRsBV4mlYB4VjxN3gDjLWEjmM9JVt5drmGso8kRWD5LFi+5LWRddmxhEA/Us!Ojkers/z1azCSYJIlQW9P8v5rk1Qd2ypP0E8TUHzN7CAj5Mv22bNzbtjlhjq8w5tA5vUau+GoM/p!SYieOOOlbk0XFA== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.34 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.os.linux.misc:734116 gnu.emacs.gnus:79293 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:24:54 -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:9111 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. >>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.