Subject: IMAP timeout in news?

From: [email-masked] (Frederick V. Heitkamp)
Date: 29 Oct 1996 11:42:32 GMT

I get an error when trying to connect to the news server
over nntp. The error is "rsh to IMAP server timed out".
How do I fix this?

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 12:55:34 +0000 (GMT)

It sounds like you haven't got Pine configured to use NNTP, but are using
the default IMAP protocol.

The simplest way to set up a news server with an NNTP type connection is:

*  Set the "nntp-server" variable to the IP address of your news server.

*  DON'T set the "news-collections" variable to anything (or set it to an
   empty string if your System Administrator has set a systemwide default
   for it).  [A news collection is _implicitly_ defined by setting the
   nntp-server variable but leaving the news-collections one unset.]

If you do want/have to set a news-collections value make sure you incluide
the /nntp switch to tell Pine to use NNTP rather than IMAP.

Check the built-in help or documentation which accompanies Pine for more
details.

Cheers,

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Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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