Re: basic configuration.
Martin Trautmann via Slrn-user <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:26:17 +0100
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On 19.12.25 18:12, Anthony Azzopardi wrote:
> Thank you for your response, but sorry to say I did not connect. I > go=
t this error: > > =E2=94=94=E2=94=80$ slrn slrn 1.0.3 > > Loading
/usr/share/slrn/slang/slrn.sl <http://slrn.sl> Reading > startup file
/etc/news/slrn.rc.slrn fatal error: Unable to find a > valid hostname
for constructing your e-mail address. You probably > want to specify a
hostname in your .slrnrc file. Please see the > "slrn reference manual"
for full details.
As it says, you have to finish the hostname
> There are some more values which you might to define in > your .slrnrc,=
such as > > set hostname > set username mine are
set hostname=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "gmx.net"
set username=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "t-usenet"
However, hostname also may refer to your newsserver setup for
nnrpaccess=C2=A0 news.eternal-september.org=C2=A0 YOURID YOURPASSWORD
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On 19.12.25 18:12, Anthony Azzopardi wrote:<br>
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gt; Thank you for your response, but sorry to say I did not connect. I
> got this error:
>=20
> =E2=94=94=E2=94=80$ slrn slrn 1.0.3
>=20
> Loading /usr/share/slrn/slang/slrn.sl <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-rfc23=
96E" href=3D"http://slrn.sl"><http://slrn.sl></a> Reading
> startup file /etc/news/slrn.rc.slrn fatal error: Unable to find a
> valid hostname for constructing your e-mail address. You probably
> want to specify a hostname in your .slrnrc file. Please see the
> "slrn reference manual" for full details.
</span><br>
As it says, you have to finish the hostname<br>
<br>
<span style=3D"white-space: pre-wrap; display: block; width: 98vw;">&=
gt; There are some more values which you might to define in
> your .slrnrc, such as
>=20
> set hostname
> set username
</span>mine are<br>
<br>
set hostname=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "gmx.net"<br>
set username=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "t-usenet"<br>
<br>
However, hostname also may refer to your newsserver setup for<br>
nnrpaccess=C2=A0 news.eternal-september.org=C2=A0 YOURID YOURPASSWORD=
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