Shenli <[email protected]> writes: > Hi all, > > I have used Emacs for several month, love it and try to use it as a > mail/news > client. > > After set gnus-select-method(is it the minimal setting option?) by > custom-set-variables > '(gnus-select-method (quote (nntp "gnu.emacs.bug"))) > > I try to link to the news server, but Emacs give out error as below. > > "Unable to open server nntp+gnu.emacs.bug, go offline? > nntp (gnu.emacs.bug) open error: '', Continue?" > > My environment is WinXP and Emacs23.1. > Any suggestion is welcome! > > Thanks, > Shenli
gnu.emacs.bug is not an nntp server afaik ... more likely it is a group. You can sign up for a free nntp server account here: http://www.eternal-september.org then add it to your select methods with ,---- | (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods | '(nntp "motzarella" | (nntp-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo.gpg") | (nntp-address "news.eternal-september.org") | (nntp-port-number 119) | ) | ) `---- regards r. _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
