On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:45:50AM +0200, Jan-Hendrik Palic sat at the 'puter and
typed:
> Hi...
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 01:40:57PM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> >I recently built mutt with Vsevolod Volkovs nntp patch. For the most
> >part, I love it. It has much the same interface in the index.
>
> Yes, I love it to have one program for this two things, mail an news :)
Exactly! Besides, it helps when you find one of those posts that you
know will save your life someday. I just save it into an IMAP folder.
I know mail and news are fundamentally different at the protocol
and admin levels (no one cries if a news post gets lost, but you lose
someone's joke email sent to everyone they EVER knew - as my sister
does from time to time, and they are on the phone bitching about it),
but they are conceptually the same with minor differences in audience.
They both provide information in some form. So why shouldn't they be
rolled into a single app?
Well, I am digressing. And rambling.
<snip>
>
> --
> One time, you all will be emulated by linux!
>
Resistance is futile. :)
Now my actual post:
Ok, now I'm getting impatient. I have been trying to figure out what
is wrong with the posting. I guess it makes sense that the nntp patch
wouldn't add nntp posting functionality directly into the app, much
like the basic mail portion still requires a separate MTA, but I can't
figure out how to get it to work.
I keep getting a message that says
Warning Can't connect to server -- Article will be spooled.
Can't create spool file, Permission denied.
However, I have verified the /var/spool/news/* heirarchy exists.
At first, I didn't have inn installed, so I installed it (RH 6.2 RPMS).
The configuration is rather complicated, and all I want is to tell inn
to just pass my postings on to my ISPs news server. Nothing more. I
don't want to store news, relay news, serve news, etc. Just relay it
to news.ne.mediaone.net. Simple. So why do I have TWELVE %*^#$@!
config files? The HOWTO tells how to set up to serve as an ISP. Are
you guys posting with a default install of inn?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. The way I have been going
lately, if I have to learn this stuff in that much detail I'm gonna be
stuck with Netscape for months to come - and I would essentially be
learning how to swing a sledge hammer in order to hang a 3X5 picture
on my wall :) Not that I don't want to learn, but I already have too
many irons in the fire.
--
Louis LeBlanc
Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :)
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