Have you tried
slrn --spool ?
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, J Horacio MG wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed slrn and slrnpull. For a short while I tried "plain" slrn,
> but what I really need is to be able to download the news to read,
> reply, compose, etc. off line.
>
> So, I set up the slrnpull.conf like follows:
>
> --------- /etc/news/slrnpull.conf ---------
> default 0 0
> group.news.one * *
> group.news.two * *
> ...
> --------- /etc/news/slrnpull.conf ---------
>
> Then used the command:
>
> $ slrnpull -h news.vlc.servicom.es -d ~/News/slrnpull
>
> which seemed to work just fine. But the problem is with the newsreader
> slrn, which works fine by itself (on line), but I can't make it open the
> spool. These are the settings I placed in .slrnrc:
>
> --------- ~/.slrnrc ---------
> set spool_inn_root "~/News/slrnpull"
> set spool_root "~/News/slrnpull/news"
> set spool_nov_root "~/News/slrnpull/news"
> set read_active 1
> set use_slrnpull 1
> %
> %set server_object "spool"
> %
> set spool_active_file "data/active"
> set spool_activetimes_file "data/active.times"
> set spool_newsgroups_file "data/newsgroups"
>
> %% -- The following filenames are relative to spool_nov_root
> set spool_nov_file ".overview"
>
> set spool_check_up_on_nov 0
> --------- ~/.slrnrc ---------
>
> but I can't make slrn read the spool off line:
>
> $ slrn
> slrn 0.9.5.3 (Oct 8 1998 11:59:00)
>
> Reading startup file /etc/news/slrn.rc.
> Reading startup file /home/user/.slrnrc.
> Connecting to host news.vlc.servicom.es ...news.vlc.servicom.es: Unknown
> host.
> slrn fatal error:
> Failed to initialize server.
>
> Could anyone help me with this, please? I've gone through all slrn and
> slrnpull documentation I've found, but nothins (actually, I haven't seen
> any mention of slrnpull in slrn home page nor anywhere else, just
> /usr/doc/slrnpull/README.gz).
>
> --
> Horacio
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Valencia - ESPAÑA
>
>
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