In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Wagnon wrote: --snip-- >I'm trying to set up slrn to use leafnode. Leafnode appears to be >installed okay and I have a list of newsgroup descriptions and all >other things that leafnode/fetchnews seems to set up. However, I >can't get slrn to behave. I keep getting this error: > > > Reading startup file /etc/news//slrn.rc. > Reading startup file /home/mwagnon/.slrnrc.You need to set the > NNTPSERVER environment variable to your server name. > Example (csh): setenv NNTPSERVER my.news.server > slrn fatal error: > Unable to select server/post object. > >My question is, *what* do I set as my news server when using >leafnode? Do I use localhost? news.smaug.com (my system's domain)? >Also, where do I set it? I've tried as an environment variable, in >the /etc/news/server file, but I keep getting this error and slrn >craps out :'( > >Anyone else out there using slrn and leafnode? How did you configure >slrn? --snip-- 'slrn and leafnode' is a good choice. Runs well on my system. As a first step try entering 'localhost' in the file '/etc/news/server'. Do not use a 'set blabla=bla' syntax.
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