> On Feb 8, 2018, at 8:02 AM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 2/8/2018 9:56 AM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: >> You might try <http://www.eternal-september.org> . I don't know if tin will >> work, but it's recommended by Hoff and others. It's free and reasonably >> frustration free. They have had a couple server hiccups in the last year >> though. I use it via Thunderbird on my Mac without too much trouble. > > Apparently tin will work. It's listed under their "FAQ" section as possibly > needing a special tweak. > > tin > add the following line to the .newsauth file in your home directory (or > create the file, if it doesn't exist) and make sure the file is only readable > and writable for your user (chmod .newsauth 600): > > news.eternal-september.org password username > > and start tin with the -A option
Thanks! If it’s recommended by Hoff, that’s good enough for me. :-) I had to rebuild ‘tin’ as the version in the ports for OpenBSD doesn’t seem to work. I’m now connected and reading through comp.os.vms. :-) It’s good to see how many of the folks I remember are still there. Zane
