Re: How to add a new group

* Phil Boutros <[email protected]> [100707 07:12]:
> Tim Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> >   2)Select "a"
> >   3)Enter alt.os.linux.debian
> >   4)The newsgroup is added to the group window!
> <snip>
> >   8)Invoke 
> >     /usr/local/bin/slrn --spool -n
> >     then slrn loads.
> >   10) **no** alt.os.linux.debian is visible. Feeling
> >      groochy now... 
> 
> 	OK...using NNTP mode connects to your news server.  Using
> spool mode connects to your local installation of slrnpull.  The
> newsgroup is on your NNTP server, but slrnpull is not fetching it.
> 
> 	You need to edit the slrnpull.conf file and add the group in
> there.  The format is:
> 
> NEWSGROUP_NAME  MAX_ARTICLES_TO_RETRIEVE  NUMBER_OF_DAYS_BEFORE_EXPIRE
> 
> 	After that, run slrnpull, and Bob's your uncle.
> 
> 	I'm assuming you normally run in spooling mode, and you have
> slrnpull up and running and regularly being invoked.
  Yes, that was the other thing that I needed to do. 
  So to recap, and for purposes of archives, here is what I think
  would be the procedure next time.
  1)Check my .jnewsrc.dsc for the target group. 
    (am looking for 'alt.os.linux.debian:alt.os.linux.debian')
    If it is not there, 
    run slrn -d to update the file. Will take some time, because
	it is a huge download.
  2)To .jnewsrc, add the target group: example - 
    alt.os.linux.debian! 
  3)Add the the following format
    NEWSGROUP_NAME  MAX_ARTICLES_TO_RETRIEVE  NUMBER_OF_DAYS_BEFORE_EXPIRE
	to my slrnpull.conf file. 
  4)Run the cron code to verify and check for errors, in my case it
  is 
  /usr/local/bin/slrnpull -h news.supernews.com -d
  /usr/local/news/slrnpull > /dev/null
  and check the log file, which should be in the same directory
  as slrnpull.conf for error messages OR just leave off the
  redirection to /dev/null
  6)Shutdown and restart. Subscribe and Bob is happy.
  And boobs like me should put this all in their slrnrc file.
  thanks
-- 
Tim 
tim at johnsons-web.com or akwebsoft.com
http://www.akwebsoft.com

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