Alex, > I have trn installed. If you wish to manually configure your Unix newsreader to get its news from a server other than the default system server, you'll need to update your NNTPSERVER environment variable. To do this, type at the Unix prompt: setenv NNTPSERVER news-server Clipped from http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/systems/wam/connectivity/labs/1216/ You'll have to check if trn reads that environment variable. I have seen other things like /etc/nntpserver and rc files. -- Doug