From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta21.charter.net (mta21.charter.net [216.33.127.81]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2348109F8 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:58:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from aarprv04.charter.net ([10.20.200.74]) by mta21.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id <20081215145827.SCXE20903.mta21.charter.net@aarprv04.charter.net> for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:58:27 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.121.233]) by aarprv04.charter.net with ESMTP id <20081215145827.BPZU25639.aarprv04.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:58:27 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id mBFEwQwK014240 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:58:26 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id mBFEwQOq014239 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:58:26 -0500 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:58:26 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: tin newsreader on debian lenny Message-ID: <20081215145826.GA14233@gmx.net> References: <20081214232523.GA2440@debian.Belkin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081214232523.GA2440@debian.Belkin> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:58:28 -0000 No tin can read directly from your newsserver. just envoke it as tin -r or rtin, and add your isp's news server to /etc/nntpserver. On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:25:23PM +0000, Keith Barrett wrote: > I am looking for some help with newsgroup reading. > > I have installed tin but am having problems with the setup. > > I want to connect to my isp's newsserver and download newsgroup > articles. > > Not sure if I will need something like leafnode or whether tin can > connect directly. > > At present, I cannot find where I should be putting the server > information > If I run tin, I get an error message that newsrc cannot be written. > > I have not been able to find a debian news howto so some advice or > reading suggestions would be helpful. > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Footnotes are for things you believe don't really belong in LDP manuals, but want to include anyway. -- Joel N. Weber II discussing the 'make' chapter of LPG