Re: Gnus doesn't start

1998-10-08 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I did all of that, and now it says no more unread newsgroups, even though | if I then read trn there's quite a lot of unread news :(( This isn't the same as the previous email where you said it wouldn't connect. Have you subscribed to any groups within

Re: Gnus doesn't start

1998-10-08 Thread M.C. Vernon
> "M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > What's the value of your NNTPSERVER environment variable? What about > | > the value of gnus-default-nntp-server in Emacs after you start gnus? > | > You can add the following to your ~/.gnus file: > | > | Hmm...NNTPSERVER isn't set :(. Where do I

Re: Gnus doesn't start

1998-10-08 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > What's the value of your NNTPSERVER environment variable? What about | > the value of gnus-default-nntp-server in Emacs after you start gnus? | > You can add the following to your ~/.gnus file: | | Hmm...NNTPSERVER isn't set :(. Where do I set it (I gu

Re: Gnus doesn't start

1998-10-08 Thread M.C. Vernon
> What's the value of your NNTPSERVER environment variable? What about > the value of gnus-default-nntp-server in Emacs after you start gnus? > You can add the following to your ~/.gnus file: Hmm...NNTPSERVER isn't set :(. Where do I set it (I guess .bash_profile isn't much good, and won't help t

Re: Gnus doesn't start

1998-10-07 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] | When I run Gnus, I get an error: | nntp (news) open error: ''. Continue? (y or n) | if I hit y, I get a garbage group, and that's all: |*: nndraft:drafts | If I hit n, I get the following: | Couldn't open server on news | | trn works fine

Gnus doesn't start

1998-10-07 Thread M.C. Vernon
Dear all I'm using gnus 5.6.44-1 , and emacs 20.3-1. I have a .newsrc file, which seems to be OK: $ ls -l .newsrc -rw-rw-r-- 1 mcv21mcv21 630 Oct 7 11:06 .newsrc When I run Gnus, I get an error: nntp (news) open error: ''. Continue? (y or n) if I hit y, I get a garbage gro