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Re: how to read debian-user as newsgroup using Evolution



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On 04/03/07 13:08, michael wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 08:39 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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>> On 04/03/07 08:27, michael wrote:
>>> I'm trying to read d-u as a newsgroup using Evolution (details below)
>>> but can't get it to work... anybody else succeeded?
>> The group is linux.debian.user.  What problems are you having?
> 
> If I open Evolution, select preferences -> accounts, create a new a/c
> with
> 
> servertype = USENET news
> server = news.demon.co.uk (demon is my ISP, see
> http://www.demon.net/helpdesk/technicallibrary/misc/news/)
> 
> then when I click OK (having set my  SMTP etc) it sits there
> indefinitely saying "loading" and doesn't produce a lists of newsgroups

How long was your "indefinite" wait?  30 seconds?  10 minutes?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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