Re: Multiple NNTP servers, how to handle in tin?

Urs Janßen <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:31:29 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.network.tin.user
Organization tin.org
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In <20091015163107.GA18140@chris>, Chris G wrote:
> Is there any way to have tin handle multiple NNTP servers?

tin connects to one server per session,
${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.tin/newsrctable can be used to configure
shortnames and different newsrc for each sever.

> I don't mean multiple servers for the same newsgroups, I mean handling
> newsgroups that come from different NNTP servers.  I'd really like to
> be able to see all my newsgroups at one time rather than having to run
> tin separately for each news server.

tin can't do that -> you have to use a local nntp-server/proxy.

urs
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