From: turkstra@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Screwtape) Subject: Re: NNTP news, what do i need? Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 22:19:01 GMT
From article <1993Feb13.101808.22606@aixrs0.hrz.uni-essen.de>, by hank@Blimp (Hendrik G. Seliger):
> esaffle@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ed Saffle) writes:
> : I'd like to start delving into news. I don't want to have to worry much
> : about disk space (since I have almost none) so I'd like to look into a NNTP
> : client. What would be suggested that I should look at? What packages and/or
> : files do I need.
> :
> : Ed
>
> When you have tin compiled, you make
> either a file /etc/nntpserver, which holds the address of the
> NNTP-server,
> or an environment var NNTPSERVER=address_of_nntp_server.
>
> Then you call "tin -r" (or make a sym-link from tin to rtin and then
> call "rtin") and you're all set.
>
> Hank.
Thanks - I'd like to get this working over 14.4 dialup. Possible?
How would I configure the address? Thanks!
--Chris Turkstra Turkstra@cs.hope.edu Traveling the Internet with a load not properly tied down.