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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:956 comp.os.386bsd.misc:124 news.newusers.questions:10689 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!uchinews!mimsy!nmrdc1!dsc3pzp From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc,news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: NNTP Client---What exactly does it take? Message-ID: <C4Cn6E.HEI@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> Date: 23 Mar 93 16:01:25 GMT References: <1993Mar22.234243.16541@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command Lines: 31 In article <1993Mar22.234243.16541@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc Wandschneider) writes: > > > I would like to set up news for my 386bsd system (Strictly >a client where I can read articles locally on my system). I have an >NNTPSERVER already willing to provide me with the service, so all I >need is to get all the appropriate software. > > What packages do I need..? From what snooping I've done >so far, it looks like I'll need some version of rn with Pnews and >Rnmail, the nntp distribution and possibly other things. > > Thus, I have some rn-version.tar.Z and nntp-version.tar.Z > > Do I need anything else to get the news client up and running? >I seem to be running into multiple mentions of inews, but nntp seems to >come with some form of this already... > > Ideas...? > I know "tin" will do the job if all you need is the nntp client. Just set environment variable NNTPSERVER to your nntp server and run "tin". I am too new to 386BSD to know where to get the binaries. I use it on SVR3.2 on a 3B2. Oh well, at least the Sun is on order... -- ============================================================================== phil perucci | "Any opinions expressed are my views, dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil | not the position of any organization" ==============================================================================