I sit behind a firewall. Is there any way by which I can access news servers ?
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Sridhar saw fit to inform LI that:
>
> > I recently subscribed to vsnl internet connection. But i don't
> >know how to subscribe to the newsgroups or configure pine to receive news.
> >Can anyone help ?
>
> In pine, S=Setup, C=Config. The third option = nntp server. Set it as
> news.vsnl.net.in. That way, news.vsnl.net.in/nntp will be listed as
> another folder in pine. Better still, install slrn - its a cool
> newsreader - just like mutt. Has killfiles, score files etc etc as well.
>
> Problem - thanks to the efforts of a spammer called Hipcrime, most news
> servers have killfiled anything with news.vsnl.net.in in the path. Take
> your chances ...
>
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