Subject: Re: Using Pine for News

From: [email-masked] (CIISTiado)
Date: 23 May 1995 14:34:22 -0000

Steve Buehler ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Regarding the previous post, I changed the configuration area of nntp-server
: to tin [], but it doesn't seem to be working.  Tin is the program I use 
: to access my newsgroups.

	I don't use pine to read my news (I use tin, like you) and I think
that you should know the name of your nntpserver. For instance, I'm in
alfa.ist.utl.pt and my nntpserver is news.ist.utl.pt. The nntpserver is
normally (?) a machine name,not a program.

	You should call you system administrator and ask him what is your
nntpserver. Or while starting tin, look to the "connecting to ..." that
apears on the startup (in my tin it does...)
	
	Hope it helps.
	
	Good luck.

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From: Michael S Hartman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 10:07:37 -0600 (MDT)

Steve, I use tin for newsgroups also, but i set my nntp server to news2.

Try that.

Mike Hartman

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From: [email-masked] (Steve Buehler)
Date: 21 May 1995 04:05:38 GMT

Regarding the previous post, I changed the configuration area of nntp-server
to tin [], but it doesn't seem to be working.  Tin is the program I use 
to access my newsgroups.

-Steve

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From: [email-masked] (Jonathan and DearOldDad)
Date: 23 May 1995 15:24:08 GMT

CIISTiado ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Steve Buehler ([email-masked]) wrote:
: : Regarding the previous post, I changed the configuration area of nntp-server
: : to tin [], but it doesn't seem to be working.  Tin is the program I use 
: : to access my newsgroups.
: 	I don't use pine to read my news (I use tin, like you) and I think
: that you should know the name of your nntpserver. For instance, I'm in
: alfa.ist.utl.pt and my nntpserver is news.ist.utl.pt. The nntpserver is
: normally (?) a machine name,not a program.
: 	You should call you system administrator and ask him what is your
: nntpserver. Or while starting tin, look to the "connecting to ..." that
: apears on the startup (in my tin it does...)

Try rtin as opposed to tin.  BYE.  Hope this helps ... works for me.