From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9203 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joel Reicher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: What commands are there to determine what news server is used?... for Esc-x gnus Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:01:43 GMT Organization: BigPond Internet Services Message-ID: References: <1182168462.386920.67060@g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <87d4zt8jbr.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> <1182183875.192917.69300@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182328884 31558 80.91.229.12 (20 Jun 2007 08:41:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:41:24 +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 20 10:41:22 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 1I0vke-00086U-6B for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:41:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I0vkd-0008KQ-Lh for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:41:19 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!elk.ncren.net!NNTP.WPI.EDU!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.9.138.184 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au Original-X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1182326503 61.9.138.184 (Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:01:43 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:01:43 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79385 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:9203 Archived-At: thesak writes: > Regrettably, what servers would be best to use from fencepost.gnu.org > and what to insert in the expression > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.somewhere.edu")) > isn't clear. Any newsserver you have access to will work, assuming outgoing nntp connections from fencepost.gnu.org aren't blocked. You might need to ask somewhere else to get newsserver suggestions. This newsgroup is specifically for Gnus, the software, not for reading news in general. Cheers, - Joel