Re: how to read debian-user as newsgroup using Evolution
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On 04/04/07 04:07, michael wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 22:09 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
>> On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 19:08 +0100, michael wrote:
>>> then when I click OK (having set my SMTP etc) it sits there
>>> indefinitely saying "loading" and doesn't produce a lists of newsgroups
>> I was bitten by this too, you actually need to select Folder →
>> Subscriptions (or the equivalent in your version) and select the lists
>> you want to subscribe to.
>>
>> This is the bug BTW,
>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=266481
>>
>
> Okay folks, thanks for the replies
> i) I discovered that news.demon.co.uk is *not* available to me (despite
> demon being my ISP!)
> ii) I tried freenews.netfront.net and after waiting a lot more than a
> couple of minutes, I got a list of groups and subscribed to
> linux.debian.users (I think that's the correct name from mem)
> iii) However, today Evo is asking me for a valid email a/c on freenews
> iv) It appears freenews.netfront.net is read only -- any suggestions for
> (UK) nntp servers? I'm only really interested in a small subgroup of
> available news groups, linux.debian.users being the main (and at the
> moment only) one
You might want to try gmane instead. It seems to have an nntp
interface.
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