Gnus doesn't start

["M.C. Vernon" <mcv21@cus.cam.ac.uk>]

Dear all

	I'm using gnus 5.6.44-1 , and emacs 20.3-1. I have a .newsrc file,
which seems to be OK:
$ ls -l .newsrc
-rw-rw-r--   1 mcv21    mcv21         630 Oct  7 11:06 .newsrc

When I run Gnus, I get an error:
nntp (news) open error: ''.  Continue? (y or n)
if I hit y, I get a garbage group, and that's all:
       *: nndraft:drafts
If I hit n, I get the following:
Couldn't open server on news

trn works fine....

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Matthew

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