Re: Configuring tin to read a remote news server

Matt Anton wrote:

 > > Note: I log onto sonic.net from a shell client and I run tin remotely. So
 > > I would be accessing the eternal-september server doubly remotely, if that
 > > makes sense. Maybe that's the problem?
 > 
 > Actually tin reads news locally (directly from a news spool).
 > You will need to ask tin to read news *remotely* by using the "-r" switch.
 > 
 > As for which nntp server it connects to, the "-r" switch tells tin to connect 
 > to $NNTPSERVER or /etc/nntpserver
 > 
 > You can ask tin where to connect to by two different ways:
 > 
 > 	1) set $NNTPSERVER or /etc/nntpserver to whatever suit you and use the "-r" 
 > 	switch
 > 	2) create a $HOME/.tin/newsrctable and use the "-g <shortname>" switch
 > 
 > The format of the newsrctable is:
 > 
 > 	# NNTP server				# custom newsrc	# shortname
 > 	news.eternal-september.org	.newsrc-es.org	es
 > 
 > Please note that $HOME/.newsauth is still mandatory if you're trying to log 
 > on an nntp server where an authentication is required.

Thank you for this information! I'm now able to read news by connecting
to the e-s server. Works beautifully.
  
 > More informations can be found on `man 5 tin` for all of the configuration 
 > files used by tin.

When I tried this, I got a response telling me "no entry for tin in section
5 of the manual". However, just "man tin" worked and was also helpful.

Joyce