If he's running leafnode he'd want to point his newsreader to localhost. I'm not sure why he'd bother use leafnode, I always just used rtin and set it to use my ISP's newsserver. On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:47:42AM -0500, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > I think he needs to set /etc/news/server to the URL of a newsgroup > server, rather than to his own URL. I recently set up tin in response > to some of the discussions here, and had to set that file to > news.mhcable.com, on the advice of my ISP, mhcable.com. I suggest > trying a similar name, i.e. the word news and a dot in front of your > ISP's name. > > Chuck > > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:39:54AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > > Why not set the nntpserver to localhost? assuming you're reading news > > on the same machine that leafnode is running on. > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at > > 01:00:50PM +0000, Keith Barrett wrote: > > > Thanks, Tony, > > > > > > Have changed the ~/.bashrc file to include the NNTP server I have set > > > this as debian.barrettpianos.co.uk and also set the /etc/nntpserver to > > > the same. Hope this is correct, it is the result of the command > > > hostname. > > > > > > Not found anything in the leafnode docs but will keep looking. > > > Thanks again > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Never make any mistaeks. > > -- Anonymous, in a mail discussion about to a kernel bug report > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (20% of Full) > > My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net > -------- > The young have aspirations that never come to pass, > The old have reminiscences of what never happened. > -- H. H. Monroe > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success -- Dennis M. Ritchie
