From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/1704 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Timur Aydin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: minimal procedure for using gnus as newsreader Date: 30 Dec 2002 12:42:39 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138668397 12404 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:46:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:46:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:29:34 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!uio.no!feed.news.nacamar.de!newsfeed.stueberl.de!cox.net!nntp2.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp3.aus1.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 04:39:16 -0600 Original-Sender: tayd@BICOM-NT-TR-1 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-X-Trace: sv3-tHtEMxohHXj2gCyLTkbSAFupMr36Tzs91sInncDLKFQLIv9Y76E9jRm0uHvpN/kJ54iioLqlVATHdT2!tjCpVV1rlwitMb1iXq/zY0FVN1hB1Yjd5BDs8a2BFD8B5qstY2/kVvs= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html 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: 1.1 Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:1844 Original-Lines: 54 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 1844 Tue Jan 17 17:29:34 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:1704 Archived-At: 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