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Subject: Re: How do I define the default news server, if any. (Solution)
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Thanks to everyone that replied.  I found freebsd wouldn't care if the
nntpserver file is in /etc or /usr/local/etc.

Another suggestion which also works is to define a $NNTPSERVER variable in
the .cshrc script.