> I'm trying to configure tin.  The redhat site doesn't offer much
> information, and I'm not able to get to www.linux.org.
> 
> Here's the message I get:
> 
> [marco@]$ tin -nqr
> tin 1.2 PL2 [UNIX] (c) Copyright 1991-93 Iain Lea.
> Connecting to news.nbnet.nb.ca...
> Reading news active file.../usr/lib/news/active contains no newsgroups.
> Exiting.
> [marco@]$
> 
> I don't have anything in the readmes about this file, so I just entered
> one newsgroup just by it's name, but perhaps the file must have a certain
> structure.


Try this..

test 0000000000 0000000001 y  


The first one is group name.
The second is starting article number.
The third is ending artcile number and the last one is y)es for subcribe to...


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