Re: nn & local news spool
Set NNTPSERVER=localhost in your environment. It took me
months to figure this out. I do NOT find this documented
anywhere.
On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, mwb wrote:
> I'm using suck and inn to run a local news spool.
> Trn works fine, but I'd prefer nn. However when
> I try nn on my local spool it spits out
>
> could not fetch active file
>
> and quits. Nn works using my isp's news server,
> and trn works fine. Does nn not work with the
> default setup for inn? Can I configure inn or
> nn so that nn will work?
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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