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Date:      Wed, 22 May 1996 15:03:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
To:        "Andrew N. Edmond" <edmond@UWYO.EDU>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: newsfeed?
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.93.960522150132.15308H-100000@ki.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.PMDF.3.91.960522074821.64873A-100000@PLAINS.UWYO.EDU>

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On Wed, 22 May 1996, Andrew N. Edmond wrote:

> 
> I have just setup a 64k Frame Relay connection with service provider that 
> is letting my users have read permissions off their newsserver.  I have 
> the domain name (news.wyoming.com) and the port number (191) but am 
> clueless on where to put these settings so shell users using tin can read 
> all 20,000 newsgroups (without be having to download them all!) off of 
> news.wyoming.com.  Help would be MUCH appreciated!
>

	Put setenv NNTPSERVER news.wyoming.com (/etc/csh.login) and

	NNTPSERVER=news.wyoming.com;export NNTPSERVER (/etc/profile)

	All the newsreaders I know of support this.

Marc G. Fournier                                  scrappy@ki.net
Systems Administrator @ ki.net               scrappy@freebsd.org




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