Re: slrn and leafnode

2000-03-28 Thread Guido Gloede
/server file, but I keep getting this error and slrn >craps out :'( > >Anyone else out there using slrn and leafnode? How did you configure >slrn? --snip-- 'slrn and leafnode' is a good choice. Runs well on my system. As a first step try entering 'localhost' in the f

Re: slrn and leafnode

2000-02-25 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 02/24/00 11:57AM, Dave Sherohman wrote: > In your case, with only a single machine involved, putting localhost into > /etc/news/server should work, though I prefer to use the box's own name > instead. Thanks. That's what I ended up doing. I'll try to set it up with my machine name a little late

Re: slrn and leafnode

2000-02-24 Thread Dave Sherohman
Mark Wagnon said: > My question is, *what* do I set as my news server when using > leafnode? Do I use localhost? news.smaug.com (my system's domain)? The name of the machine on which leafnode runs. For example, I have slrn and leafnode set up on two machines here, pchan and genma.

Re: slrn and leafnode

2000-02-24 Thread Mark Wagnon
grabbing mail as I write this, so I'll look into it a little later. Thanks > You might want to look under /var/spool/news to see that you actually > have groups and items listed for you to read.I did get an error > trying to read from an empty group. Not sure what's going on.

Re: slrn and leafnode

2000-02-24 Thread kmself
se localhost? news.smaug.com (my system's domain)? > Also, where do I set it? I've tried as an environment variable, in > the /etc/news/server file, but I keep getting this error and slrn > craps out :'( > > Anyone else out there using slrn and leafnode? How did y

slrn and leafnode

2000-02-24 Thread Mark Wagnon
erver when using leafnode? Do I use localhost? news.smaug.com (my system's domain)? Also, where do I set it? I've tried as an environment variable, in the /etc/news/server file, but I keep getting this error and slrn craps out :'( Anyone else out there using slrn and leafnode? H

slrn and leafnode: connection times out

2000-01-07 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
lains that `posting is not allowed' and loses my post. Is there an `idle timeout' variable I can set for leafnode or slrn? Is the nntp connection held between slrn and leafnode inbetween article reads? -- alisdair mcdiarmid[EMAIL PROTECTED] [the day

slrn and leafnode: problems

1999-12-05 Thread Mark Wagnon
Hi all, I've had slrn and leafnode working together briefly, but I messed with my partitions to make room for some other stuff. Upon installing debian and upgrading to potato, I can't get slrn to subscribe to a group. AFAIK, leafnode it okay. fetchnews runs alright too. When I try to