Re: How do I access newsgroups

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,
>>"Binand" == Binand Raj S <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

 Binand> If you want to allow people to connect to VSNL's news server,
 Binand> then just put the line

 Binand> export NNTPSERVER=news.vsnl.net.in

 Binand> in your /etc/profile file. If you want your machine to act as
 Binand> a news server, then download the inn package and install it.

        That may not work for people using csh derived shells. On
 Debian systems, set the correct server location in
 /etc/news/server. That would work with any user shell, and any Debian
 packaged newsreader.

        manoj
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