Re: need help - inn2

2000-11-12 Thread Bob Bernstein
> "RC" == Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RC> The problem appears (to me) to be an inability to connect to RC> my ISP news server. Learn a little more about the different kinds of news feeds. You will want to set up a 'sucking' news feed, so install the Debian package for suck.

Re: need help - inn2

2000-11-12 Thread John S. J. Anderson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for the reply. The news daemon is running as rc.news, as > called by /etc/init.d/inn2. Also running is innwatch. My active > file exists. The problem appears (to me) to be an inability to > connect to

Re: need help - inn2

2000-11-12 Thread Russ Cook
Thanks for the reply. The news daemon is running as rc.news, as called by /etc/init.d/inn2. Also running is innwatch. My active file exists. The problem appears (to me) to be an inability to connect to my ISP news server. I use shadow passwords on my system. Is this a problem? Is there a way

Re: need help - inn2

2000-11-12 Thread John S. J. Anderson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am using the inn2 package to try to set up a periodic download > of newsgroups I read frequently. I use a dial-up ISP, and have a > home LAN with three computers. I have read the docs that came with > the pa

need help - inn2

2000-11-11 Thread Russ Cook
I am using the inn2 package to try to set up a periodic download of newsgroups I read frequently. I use a dial-up ISP, and have a home LAN with three computers. I have read the docs that came with the package, and have read the network, cnews, and nntp sections of a Linux reference book I have, b