From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Byung-Hee HWANG Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: News server access from Gnus [was: Re: [OT] Reading Emacs Tutorials] Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:21:50 +0900 Message-ID: References: <877i2qg5tj.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87bps28xd5.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87y6v6o4ng.fsf_-_@kobe.laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237184583 13717 80.91.229.12 (16 Mar 2009 06:23:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:23:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Giorgos Keramidas Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 16 07:24:16 2009 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 4.50) id 1Lj6FD-0006ye-MT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:24:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49687 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lj6Dr-0000kb-0V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:22:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lj6DV-0000kW-Qd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:22:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lj6DQ-0000jn-DG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:22:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57873 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lj6DQ-0000jk-At for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:22:24 -0400 Original-Received: from pinus.izb.knu.ac.kr ([155.230.157.93]:3732) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lj6DP-00032D-Fd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:22:24 -0400 Original-Received: from pinus.izb.knu.ac.kr (localhost.izb.knu.ac.kr [127.0.0.1]) by pinus.izb.knu.ac.kr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5A233E68; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:22:15 +0900 (KST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=izb.knu.ac.kr; h=to:cc:subject:references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=ujuk; bh=NXHODuYcv7c70Arc1C0aYb7r10GP/Ff8lDmjAcvn8Wc=; b=HbZDuedPjaeT TNgBqSnMqKbTFD++hCNkc3Yj4VyF8ispETJrtPYp/Cv1Hbp+uxSkHPRH+nnnU3bq mWdzNe5AUGSsFbn8rTx/fm3tUDwl3Gm0eYmdEpX6/Zyldg1Uu8HysnRUEshe3Wig f+Ihu6etBuBCohq5pn6cMRvwXKi2vwc= Original-Received: from chrys.izb.knu.ac.kr (chrys.izb.knu.ac.kr [IPv6:2001:470:1f05:5f8:3::1]) by pinus.izb.knu.ac.kr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A0273E36; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:22:14 +0900 (KST) Original-Received: from ujuk.tao (unknown [118.129.178.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: bh@chrys.izb.knu.ac.kr) by chrys.izb.knu.ac.kr (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC7691CCF3; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:21:51 +0900 (KST) In-Reply-To: <87y6v6o4ng.fsf_-_@kobe.laptop> (Giorgos Keramidas's message of "Sun\, 15 Mar 2009 23\:30\:27 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:62965 Archived-At: Giorgos Keramidas writes: > On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:36:15 -0700, prad wrote: >> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:16:54 +0200 >> Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>> I am using the newsgroup instead of the mailing list, but having a >>> bidirectional gateway helps a lot. >> >> ok so i presume you are using emacs for the newsgroup? i'm going to >> try this, once i find out how to get news through our cable company - >> when i try news in emacs, i get unable to open nntp:news so i presume >> our cable company doesn't offer it. > > I am using Gnus both for email and Usenet access. My email messages > arrive through fetchmail to `~/Mailbox' where Gnus picks them up from > and filters them to nnml:* folders through an `nnmail-split-fancy' list > of patterns. > > For Usenet access, I pull a small number of groups through a free NNTP > server (news.sunsite.dk). It requires NNTP authentication but anyone is > free to register for NNTP access. > > If your ISP is not actively blocking NNTP access to other sources, you > can always register to sunsite.dk and then configure Gnus to use it as > one of the message sources. My own setup is: > > (setq nntp-authinfo-function 'nntp-send-authinfo) > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.sunsite.dk")) > (setq gnus-message-archive-group "nnml:posted") > > For more details for the news server I am using, please take a minute or > two to read the instructions at `http://dotsrc.org/usenet/' and, more > importantly, the rules of usage at `http://dotsrc.org/usenet/policy/'. > > There are also other public, freely available servers you can use for > news access, like: > > * Gmane. A bi-directional gateway from many mailing lists to Usenet > style groups and vice versa. See `http://gmane.org/post.php'. > > * Motzarella. A private project providing free access to text-only > Usenet News. See `http://news.motzarella.org/'. > > I'm sure there are several others that I am missing. If you find any > and you use them with satisfactory results for some time, please let me > know, so I can add them to the list of public news servers I recommend > to anyone who asks :-) > All your words is valuable, so i couldn't snip any words. Tonight i'll try to connect news.sunsite.dk with Gnus. Unfortunately, here in Korea there is no public news server. Your this message is really good to me. After all, i'll feel the great power of open source through this big network! Sincerely, =20=20 --=20 Byung-Hee HWANG, KNU=20 =E2=88=91 WWW: http://izb.knu.ac.kr/~bh/