From: Timur Aydin <timuraydin@superonline.com>
Subject: minimal procedure for using gnus as newsreader
Date: 30 Dec 2002 12:42:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u4r8vss80.fsf@superonline.com> (raw)
Hi,
I have come up with a minimal gnus setup for reading news only. I am
hoping that this will get gnus newbies (like myself) started
quickly. Any corrections and comments welcome...
Prerequisites:
GNU emacs 21.2 installed on Windows or Linux.
An account with a news service provider. I am assuming that the news
service provider requires authentication.
Setup:
1) Create a file called .gnus in the home directory and put the
following lines in it:
;; -*- emacs-lisp -*-
(setq user-full-name "FirstName LastName")
(setq user-mail-address "user@domain")
(setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.server.address"))
Just to make sure there is no misunderstanding, don't copy these
lines into your .gnus files verbatim. Change the placeholders so
that they reflect your actual name, email address and news server
address.
2) Create a file called .authinfo in the home directory and put the
following lines in it:
machine news.server.address login newsuserid password newsuserpassword
Again, replace the placeholders with the actual data.
3) Run emacs and type M-x gnus-no-server. Note that you will use
gnus-no-server only the first time to avoid downloading a list of
all newsgroups that are available on the news server. On my server,
this equals to 70,000 newsgroups and I wouldn't want to wait for
that much data to be received on my dialup connection !
Subsequently, M-x gnus can be used, because gnus doesn't download
the list of newsgroups the second time around.
4) Type U and then gnu.emacs.help and then press enter. This newsgroup
will show up in the group buffer with an * (asterisk) to the
left. Position point on this newsgroup and hit enter. When asked
how many groups to download, type 100 and hit enter. Now gnus will
download 100 headers from the news server and you can start reading
the posts. Enjoy !!!
--
Timur Aydin
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