notbob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi!
> I'm occasionally stuck using a suck XP box instead of my beloved > Slackware. Being a CLI freak, I d/l'd emacs to use gnus. But, so far > no joy. I ran runemacs.exe and even addpm.exe. I also created a > C:\.emacs and C:\.gnus file. In .gnus, I put: > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "us.Usenet-News.net")) > > I get: > > Loading gnus-ml...done > Loading byte-opt...done > Opening nntp server on us.Usenet-News.net... > Denied server > Opening nntp server on us.Usenet-News.net...failed > gnus-select-newsgroup: Couldn't open server > exchange-point-and-mark: No mark set in this buffer > > ....after showing my newsserver in the stat bar and even offering up > alt.os.linux.slackware newsgroup and I selecting it. > > At no time am I promted for a username or password, which my service > requires. I'm reading emacs and news and faqs as fast as I can and > have searched google and groups (to no avail), but sure could use some > advice. Try to create a file ~/.authinfo with these contents machine us.Usenet-News.net login your-user-name password your-password force yes and try again. > Also, is there a good emacs/gnus irc chat room? There're #gnus and #emacs on irc.freenode.net. Bye, Tassilo -- Scientifically speaking, it is impossible to charge Chuck Norris with "obstruction of justice." This is because even Chuck Norris cannot be in two places at the same time. _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
