From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Parrone Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: nntp open error: ''? Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 20:06:14 GMT Organization: TIN Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <877kb9mxmm.fsf@marc0host.dyndns.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047154234 17115 80.91.224.249 (8 Mar 2003 20:10:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 20:10:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 08 21:10:33 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18rkeO-0004Ro-00 for ; Sat, 08 Mar 2003 21:10:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18rkeY-0004ol-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2003 15:10:42 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!skynet.be!skynet.be!news.mailgate.org!newsfeeder.edisontel.com!news-out.tin.it!news-in.tin.it!news2.tin.it.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 41 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.171.30.82 Original-X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@tin.it Original-X-Trace: news2.tin.it 1047153974 212.171.30.82 (Sat, 08 Mar 2003 21:06:14 MET) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 21:06:14 MET Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110923 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7424 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7424 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John J Lee writes: > M-x gnus gives me this message in the minibuffer: > > nntp (news.freeserve.net) open error: ''. Continue? (y or n) > > my ~/.gnus contains: > > (setq user-mail-address "jjl@pobox.com") > (setq user-full-name "John J. Lee") > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.freeserve.net")) > > Pine uses that same server, with no problems. I've tried your code with another server and it works. I've tried with your server, but it does not work: Unable to contact server news.freeserve.net: Server closed connection You can try with another server, "210.221.55.119" for example. You can find some other news servers searching "free nntp server" with google or at http://www.newzbot.com. Bye - -- Marco Parrone - marc0REMOVETHIS@ANDTHISautistici.org www.autistici.org/marc0 2143 9E77 D5E6 115A 48AD A170 D0EE F736 (4E88 99C2) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.6 iD8DBQE+ak0M0O73Nk6ImcIRAjddAJ9s3IMZ8TGsMUIi3LfEo4ICUYnz3QCgjXBn DKG9V11gpdEiBAA3buTMJJc= =IpgZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----