On Sat, 18 Mar 2000 06:02:46 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
He quoted some of my own comments:
>> Could I configure PC-PINE to use the news server provided by an ISP other
>> than my own? I certainly cannot think of any reason why I would want to do
>> this, I am just curious to know if such were possible.
> So now I see PC-PINE does not need an IMAP server to use a news server. To use
> a news server other than your ISP's news server, I suppose you could simply
> replace your-isp.news.server with other.news.server in whatever file that goes
> in?
Hello Thomas:
PC-PINE has a configuration file named PINERC where you may simply enter the
name of the news server on the appropriate line provided for same. I have
learned from postings made by others that most news servers will not allow
you access unless it is one that is supported by your very own ISP.
Sam Heywood
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