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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 12:53:42 -0500
From: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
To: Tim Moony <timm@uniqsite.com>
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: How do I define the default news server, if any.
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Tim Moony:
 |I used to put news.newsfeeder.com in my /etc/nntpserver, but I don't know
 |if there is any other means to do this?
 |
 |Any pointer is appreciated.  Ciao.

Every OS and news reader combo seems to have their own preference for where
a "preferred nntpserver file" should go, if they even recognize one (not
all do).

Just set the $NNTPSERVER env var to your news host.  That'll work with most
every newsreader on common UNIX OSs.

Randall Hopper