Re: [UUG/MLUG] setting-up news client

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Thanks Ryan! I have tin up and running.
Unlike the other news readers this one has a prompt for loging in so it was a breeze.
Btw, contrary to what may seem, Knews has nothing to do with KDE ;-)
- P.
PS: What's the username/password structure for news.missouri.edu?
Showme accounts don't seem to work.


Ryan Dooley wrote:

> > I just spent an evening trying to figure out how to set up a news client, and I
> > don't seem to be getting anywhere.
> > Seems it's a little too complicated for starters.
> > To begin with, I tried knews and xrn. Neither of those explains in the documentation
> > or provides an interface to properly authorize oneself to the news server, and
> > that's what my server seems to require.
> > I'd appreciate a pointer to a howto file or a quick rundown of what I need to get
> > started in the news business.
>
> Should be fairly straight forward... tin is by far one of my favoriate
> news readers... with it..
>
> $ setenv NNTPSERVER news.missouri.edu
> $ tin -qr
>
> -r == remote NNTPSERVER
> -q == quick login (ie, don't check for new news groups)
>
> I don't have XRN or KNews (from the KDE suite) installed at home, so I
> don't remember what they want off hand.  I'll check in the morning, unless
> somebody beats me to it :-)
>
> Cheers,
>         Ryan