Hi. Thanks for the info. I'll give this a try. -- A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Travis Siegel wrote: > Another way to get tin to know what the name of your news server is (and > the method I use) is to export NNTPSERVER (all caps) to your environment. > I.E. > export NNTPSERVER=news.softcon.com > Then run rtin and everything's just fine. > Saves mucking about with config files, and if you put it in your .profile > then you doen't have to remember to type it. This is the method I use, > and have never had a problem. Hope this helps. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >