Re: how to read debian-user as newsgroup using Evolution
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?
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>> 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
>
> Ta, M
>
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Depends on your connection speed - evo needs to download long list of
newsgroups that your provider is making available (usually more than
30000). Sometimes, on my POTS modem connection I had to wait for more than
20mins.
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Mirko Scurk
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