Re: slrn and leafnode
In article <20000223175900.E7498@smaug.com>, Mark Wagnon wrote:
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>I'm trying to set up slrn to use leafnode. Leafnode appears to be
>installed okay and I have a list of newsgroup descriptions and all
>other things that leafnode/fetchnews seems to set up. However, I
>can't get slrn to behave. I keep getting this error:
>
>
> Reading startup file /etc/news//slrn.rc.
> Reading startup file /home/mwagnon/.slrnrc.You need to set the
> NNTPSERVER environment variable to your server name.
> Example (csh): setenv NNTPSERVER my.news.server
> slrn fatal error:
> Unable to select server/post object.
>
>My question is, *what* do I set as my news server when using
>leafnode? Do I use localhost? news.smaug.com (my system's domain)?
>Also, where do I set it? I've tried as an environment variable, in
>the /etc/news/server file, but I keep getting this error and slrn
>craps out :'(
>
>Anyone else out there using slrn and leafnode? How did you configure
>slrn?
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'slrn and leafnode' is a good choice. Runs well on my system.
As a first step try entering 'localhost' in the file '/etc/news/server'.
Do not use a 'set blabla=bla' syntax.
Carpe diem!
Guido
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