Subject: Re: how to set up news on pine; do i need imap?

From: Cool Hacker <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 05:11:46 GMT

On Fri, 27 Jan 1995, Leigh A Johnson wrote:

> Date: Fri, 27 JAN 1995 15:41:40 -0500 
> From: Leigh A Johnson <[email-masked]>
> Newgroups: comp.mail.pine
> Subject: Re: how to set up news on pine; do i need imap? 
> 
> 
> On 26 Jan 1995, Joyce Y. Wong wrote:
> 
> > 
> > how do i set up my pine account so i can read news there?
> > which configuration item is it?
> > 
> > i normally read news with trn
> > 
> > thanks
> > joyce
> 
> from Pine main menu, go into setup, then into configuration.  On the 
> first page of the config stuff, enter news.gmu.edu where it asks for news 
> server (nntp-site).  exit all the way out of pine, then go back in and 
> look at your folder lists.  this will pull in all of the news groups, so 
> you'll have to go and unsubscribe to any you've already unsubscribed to 
> in tin.  Also, they'll be listed in alpha order.  I'm still working on 
> how to rearrange the order they're listed in ... if anyone knows, feel 
> free (please!) to fill me in.
> 
Couple of corrections

*enter news.gmu.edu where it asks for news server (nntp-site).

Enter news-server where it asks for news server (nntp-site). or if it 
does't  work ask you sysadmin for the exact server in you site

Manually arrange your .newsrc in the order you want
and if [X] is placed  in setup-config as above
  
		[X]  news-read-in-newsrc-order

pine shows the news in your newsrc order instead of alpha order

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