From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Aquamacs Gnus - newsserver - how to configure Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:59:32 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87pr3ycv57.fsf@gmail.com> <4A6CA02A-F1C5-4F2D-B1FF-E9E835AB16DE@Web.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1267380023 29958 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2010 18:00:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:00:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 28 19:00:19 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NlnRC-0005go-Th for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:00:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58234 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NlnRC-00005y-C8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:00:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NlnQm-00004r-IR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:59:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56281 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NlnQk-0008WL-6h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:59:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NlnQi-0004mf-W9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:59:50 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:42999) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NlnQi-0004mT-LJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:59:48 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NlnQg-0005Te-LY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:59:46 +0100 Original-Received: from c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([71.237.24.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:59:46 +0100 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:59:46 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 91 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:72236 Archived-At: Joachim Osnabryg wrote: > Helo Kevin and all back, > > Which is the "Fine Manual" for upsetting and configuring Aquamacs Gnus? > > e. g. I have now (setenv "NNTPSERVER" "news.gmane.org") in a file named > .emacs i. e. /Users/joachim/.emacs > and therein the row: > > (setenv "NNTPSERVER" "news.gmane.org") > > But when I menu-choose Tools > Read Net News (Gnus) > I get a Group buffer with the newsserver news.arcor.de (probably defined > before in another file, can't remember how), but I would like to have > both newsservers and be able to chose newsgroups from them. > > I found many manuals etc. for Aquamacs, Emacs and Gnus, sometimes > contradictory and in any case confusing. I suggest the Gnus manual distributed with Emacs. ,---- | File: gnus, Node: Finding the News, Next: The First Time, Up: Starting Up | | 1.1 Finding the News ====================| | | The `gnus-select-method' variable says where Gnus should look for news. | This variable should be a list where the first element says "how" and | the second element says "where". This method is your native method. | All groups not fetched with this method are foreign groups. | | For instance, if the `news.somewhere.edu' NNTP server is where you | want to get your daily dosage of news from, you'd say: | | (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.somewhere.edu")) | | If you want to read directly from the local spool, say: | | (setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool "")) | | If you can use a local spool, you probably should, as it will almost | certainly be much faster. But do not use the local spool if your | server is running Leafnode (which is a simple, standalone private news | server); in this case, use `(nntp "localhost")'. | | If this variable is not set, Gnus will take a look at the | `NNTPSERVER' environment variable. If that variable isn't set, Gnus | will see whether `gnus-nntpserver-file' (`/etc/nntpserver' by default) | has any opinions on the matter. If that fails as well, Gnus will try | to use the machine running Emacs as an NNTP server. That's a long | shot, though. | | If `gnus-nntp-server' is set, this variable will override | `gnus-select-method'. You should therefore set `gnus-nntp-server' to | `nil', which is what it is by default. | | You can also make Gnus prompt you interactively for the name of an | NNTP server. If you give a non-numerical prefix to `gnus' (i.e., `C-u | M-x gnus'), Gnus will let you choose between the servers in the | `gnus-secondary-servers' list (if any). You can also just type in the | name of any server you feel like visiting. (Note that this will set | `gnus-nntp-server', which means that if you then `M-x gnus' later in | the same Emacs session, Gnus will contact the same server.) | | However, if you use one NNTP server regularly and are just | interested in a couple of groups from a different server, you would be | better served by using the `B' command in the group buffer. It will | let you have a look at what groups are available, and you can subscribe | to any of the groups you want to. This also makes `.newsrc' | maintenance much tidier. *Note Foreign Groups::. | | A slightly different approach to foreign groups is to set the | `gnus-secondary-select-methods' variable. The select methods listed in | this variable are in many ways just as native as the | `gnus-select-method' server. They will also be queried for active | files during startup (if that's required), and new newsgroups that | appear on these servers will be subscribed (or not) just as native | groups are. | | For instance, if you use the `nnmbox' back end to read your mail, | you would typically set this variable to | | (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnmbox ""))) | `---- -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA