Subject: Re: Pine & 1/2 News

From: Jeffrey Goldberg <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 17:18:49 +0000

On 13 Nov 1996, Paul English wrote:

> > I'd [...] like to be able to simply post from pine by using rich
> headers [without using pine to read news].

If you set up the nntp-host, but have no news collection then all
should be exactly they way that you want it.

> It doesn't look like this can be done from the config file, since as soon
> as it's aware of an nntp server, it becomes fully news-aware.

I believe that it can be done, but I have to admit that I haven't tested.

If it doesn't work, you could always try to force the news-collection
to something like /dev/null.

-j
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From: [email-masked] (Orjan Johansen)
Date: 13 Nov 1996 19:15:04 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
Paul English <[email-masked]> wrote:
>as it's aware of an nntp server, it becomes fully news-aware. Can I patch
>pine to do this?

Yes, at least in 3.95. In Setup/Config, do an explicit delete of the
news-collections option.

Greetings,
Ørjan.

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From: [email-masked] (Paul English)
Date: 13 Nov 1996 18:19:35 GMT

Pine gurus,
	Brief question.. I like to use tin to read my news, hence would NOT
like to see the news section of pine at all (as in when there is no nntp server
defined).  However, I would like to be able to reply to email which have
newsgroups in the header, so that my reply will be posted to the newsgroup..
I'd also like to be able to simply post from pine by using rich headers.
It doesn't look like this can be done from the config file, since as soon
as it's aware of an nntp server, it becomes fully news-aware. Can I patch
pine to do this?
	Thanks,
		Paul

PS: this is pine for UNIX, if it makes a difference..

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From: [email-masked] (Vikas Agnihotri)
Date: 14 Nov 1996 21:20:16 GMT

Yup.. just go to Setup/Config.. And enter the following for 
news-collections: ""
 i.e. a empty/null/blank value.
This will prevent the news collection from showing up in your
Folder List.

But as long as you have nntp-server defined, you should still be able to
post to newsgroups thru the rich headers or simply reply to any mail
which has a newsgroup in the header.

HTH,
--Vikas