Subject: Pine and newsreading

From: Dion Vansevenant <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 15:39:36 -0400 (EDT)

Ok, now I understand that Pine offers *some* support for reading news, 
but looking through the docs has not enlightened me enough. I'm running 
DG/UX 5.4.201 and pine 3.86. I've just managed to get Procmail to sort my 
mail into various incoming mailboxes and even have the system tell me 
which mailbox has just received mail (most of the time).

Now I want to be able to at least *read* news from wherever it is that 
people read their news. My system does not have its own news-reader (I've 
tried, thus far unsuccessfully, to get one working) so I would like to 
hear from other DG/UX users who *do* have a newsreader running and linked 
in with Pine.

Please note that while I am the SysAdmin, I'm a new one. Our VAR did not 
give us much training on the system besides "Here's how you login, here's 
vi.." While I have taken DG's SysAdmin course, it doesn't help much in 
this case. I would greatly appreciate any help that could be provided 
asap as there is information out there that I need to retrieve and the 
person who saw it won't tell us where they saw it. (Separate matter, no 
need for more detail at present)

TIA

Dion

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 15:56:39 -0700 (PDT)

The first step is to find an NNTP server that will let you read news.  Then
edit the news-collections variable in your .pinerc file to point to that
server.  Finally, you need to create a .newsrc file, either with another
newsreader or by hand.  Alternatively, you can wait for Pine 3.90, which will
create the .newsrc for you (and allow posting). 

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From: Dion Vansevenant <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 20:01:56 -0400 (EDT)

> The first step is to find an NNTP server that will let you read news.  Then

Sounds easy enough, except for one problem. I don't know how to find one, 
or how to get it to let me read news. I realize that you are a busy 
person, but please remember that I  am a newbie. For the time being I 
need explicit instructions.

> newsreader or by hand.

Ok. The .pinerc I can do. The .newsrc is a no go. I don't even know what 
goes in one. Maybe if I can get tin to work I'll be able to see one.

>  Alternatively, you can wait for Pine 3.90, which will

Waiting patiently.....Is it done yet? ;-)

Dion