Re: Problem posting with trn
Hi,
Well, I installed inewsinn, and here are the results :
Subject: Test 9 from outer space
Distribution:
(leaving cbreak mode; cwd=/home/devel/pgmr)
This program may post news to many machines.
Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? [ny] y
Prepared file to include [none]:
Your article's newsgroup:
test [no description available]
Check spelling, Send, Abort, Edit, or List? s
No such newsgroups as "test".
(Article not posted.)
Check spelling, Send, Abort, Edit, or List?
Yes, there is a /var/news/lib/active file, and it doesnt contain
the newsgroup test in it. Am I expected to manually update this file each
time I subscribe to a new newsgroup?
After installing inewsinn, I also edited /etc/news/inn.conf but
Pnews doesnt seem to be reading that file. Is there no way to do this
other than to install a local news server - something which I definitely
do not want to do.
Regards,
Jor-el
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Colin Watson
wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 02:08:12AM -0500, Jor-el wrote:
> > I am experimenting with trn, and am posting to the
> > "test" newsgroup. The following env. variables are set : AUTHORCOPY points
> > to my pine "sent-mail" folder, and REPLYTO is set to my email
> > address. Here is a screenshot of my post attempt :
> [...]
> > What next? [qnp] inews: No valid newsgroups in test
> > inews: article in /home/devel/pgmr/dead.article
> >
> >
> > dead.article contains :
> >
> > Newsgroups: test
> > Path: not-for-mail
> > From: Jor-el <pgmr@trillian.megadodo.umb>
> > Subject: Testing testing testing
> > Date: 14 Aug 2001 07:01:55 GMT
> > Organization: Megadodo Corporation, Ursa-Minor Beta
> > Lines: 1
> > Reply-To: jorel@austin.rr.com
> > Message-ID: <gi1q77.5c1@trillian.megadodo.umb>
> >
> > Many many machines
> >
> >
> > Why am I getting the error "No valid newsgroups in test"? Any help
> > would be appreciated.
>
> Looking at the error message, I take it you're using the version of
> inews in the 'inews' package. That looks in /var/lib/news/active to find
> the list of possible newsgroups. If you have a local news server, make
> sure 'test' is in its active file. If you don't, you'll need to install
> inewsinn or inn2-inews instead.
>
> --
> Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
>
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