Subject: Re: Sort Usenet and email differently?

From: Andrea Gonzales <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 09:25:49 -0500 (CDT)

Help. How can I access a usenet newsgroup using IMAP.

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 17:24:45 +0100 (BST)

1.  Start Pine and go to its Setup Configuration screen ("S" then "C" from
    its Main Menu.)

2.  Set the value of the "nntp-server" variable to that of your NNTP
    (News) server.  Without Step 3 (below) this will set things up to read
    and post news via NNTP.

3.  Put the cursor on the "news-collections" variable and read the on-line
    help for it.  This explains about how to set up a "news collection".
    Typically you want something like this:
	*{news.site.domain}[]

Things to note:

*  Step 3 sets up news _reading_ via IMAP.  However the nntp-server
variable must still be set up if you plan to _post_ news articles.

*  Setting nntp-server but leaving news-collections empty sets up a
default news collection for reading news via NNTP from the machine
specified in nntp-server.  It is equivalent to a news-collection of:
	*{news.site.domain/nntp}[]
(The "/nntp" says that NNTP should be used instead of (the default) IMAP.)

*  All this assumes that your system administrator who manages you IMAP
server has set it up to provide access to Usenet news.  This is not
necessarily the case; check with them.

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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