Re: GNUS newsreader problem

[Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de>]

francogrex <franco@grex-removethis.com> writes:

> Hello I am using GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) and try to use 
> GNUS to connect to the usenet newsserver eternal-september. In my .emacs 
> I have set this: (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.eternal-
> september.org")) and I even set an authinfo file to supply my login and 
> password. When I M-x GNUS it opens ok and recognizes the authinfo file 
> and I see on the servers buffer '^' that I am actually connect to the 
> newsserver: there is {open} (agent) (that I also tried to disable that 
> agent). But I have no newsgroups? I try A-k, A-z nothing shows on the 
> groups buffer? Can anyone give a hint why i can't get the newsgroups?

In the server buffer hit `Enter' when point is on a news server.  It'll
open a list of newsgroups you can subscribe to with some key I forgot.

I would leave the agent enabled, because it caches already downloaded
articles.

-ap