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From: jc@irbs.com (John Capo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie requesting help with INN on FreeBSD
Date: 6 Dec 1995 11:50:41 -0500
Organization: IRBS Engineering
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In article <49q2nm$2nm8@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net>,
Don Adams <donadams@cris.com> wrote:
>I'm a new user of FreeBSD 2.0.5 off the Walnut Creek CD.
>I've successfully installed the OS and got it working on my TCP/IP Ethernet.
>I've installed INN from the CD using the pkg_manage utility.
>I'm trying to learn how to configure the package and have decompressed the 
>GZIP manual pages only to find them formatted with many ".XX" formatting 
>strings. (such as .PP,  .I,  .IR).
>What are these formatting strings and how do I read these man pages or print 
>them out?
>Anyone know of a good comprehensive reference for running Usenet?
>My intent is to allow users on the network to access news using the Freeagent 
>newsreader on Win95 workstations accessing the FreeBSD box on the network.  
>News feed is to come from the Pagesat satellite service (whenever they decide 
>to ship it).
>Thanks!!!
>Don.
>

Those .XX thingies are troff formatting commands.  Troff format
docs have been the Unix standard for many years.

cat Install.* | nroff -ms | more

You will want to use the inn1.4unoff3 distribution.  Many bug fixes.


John Capo                                                   jc@irbs.com
IRBS Engineering                       High performance FreeBSD systems
(305) 792-9551                 Unix/Internet Consulting - ISP Solutions