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-
News Leafsite mini-HOWTO
@@ -143,13 +142,9 @@
distribution). The line "server =" should point to the news server of
your ISP.
-6.) Edit /etc/nntpserver. It should include your local hostname
-(localhost or whatever your computer name is
, the command hostname
-)
. If in some startup file like /etc/profile or
-
/.bash_profile the environment variable is defined
, you should
-
+6.) Edit /etc/nntpserver. It should include your local hostname. If you don't know it
, the command `
hostname`
should help you. If the environment variable NNTPSERVER is defined
in some startup file like /etc/profile or ~
/.bash_profile, you should adjust it
to your computer's name as well.
7.) Edit the /etc/inetd.conf: Make sure that there is no line beginning
with "nntp". If there is such a line, comment it out putting a "#"
@@ -158,10 +153,10 @@
When someone (for example you :-) connects to your computer on the
NNTP port, leafnode is started as server process.
-8.) Go online and run the program "fetch
" as root or news. The first time
-fetch
is started, it will download a list of your ISP's newsgroups. This
+8.) Go online and run the program "fetchnews
" as root or news. In older versions, you will run "fetch" instead
. The first time
+fetchnews
is started, it will download a list of your ISP's newsgroups. This
may take some time depending on the speed on your connection and the
number of groups your ISP has in its active-File.
@@ -170,9 +165,9 @@
just to subscribe these groups, but also to enter them, even when
they're empty.
-10.) Start fetch
again to download all the news of the groups want to
+10.) Start fetchnews
again to download all the news of the groups want to
get.
@@ -202,9 +197,9 @@
0 19 * * * /usr/local/sbin/texpire
This line causes the cron daemon to star texpire every day at
19:00. Check the crontab manual page for further adjustment. If
your computer is not regularly switched on, you may start texpire
-just from time to time, when you notice that fetch
gets slower. It
+just from time to time, when you notice that fetchnews
gets slower. It
works fine as with the "cron-method".
@@ -218,12 +213,12 @@
etc.). Every time you enter a group in your newsreader, your reader
sends the information to leafnode and requests it. If the group does
not exist, leafnode will create an empty file
/var/spool/news/interesting.groups, named like the group. When you run
-fetch
the next time, it will fetch the messages of the group. If a
+fetchnews
the next time, it will fetch the messages of the group. If a
newsgroup has not been visited for a certain time, leafnode will stop
-to fetch
its articles and delete its name in
-/var/spool/news/interesting.groups. So if you just subscribed to a
+fetching
its articles and delete its name in
+/var/spool/news/interesting.groups. So,
if you just subscribed to a
high traffic newsgroup by accident, you may delete its file there by
hand for that you won't have to download all the postings there for
the next week.
@@ -242,10 +237,10 @@
If you want to re-read the list of newsgroups from your newsfeed (for
example when you want to read a new group), just delete the file
-/var/spool/news/active.read. Fetch
will create it the next time and
-get the new list. Fetch
will also re-read the grouplist from time to
+/var/spool/news/active.read. Fetchnews
will create it the next time and
+get the new list. Fetchnews
will also re-read the grouplist from time to
time, so you don't have to do it by hand.
@@ -257,17 +252,16 @@
There is not *the* newsreader for Linux, like there is not *the*
editor. My favourite newsreader is emacs in gnus mode which is the
most configurable reader for Linux. Many people are using slrn and
tin on a terminal, many people use knews under X. There are also trn,
-nn and a lot more reader
, so just try what you like. The only reader
-you shouldn't use is Netscape,
it is big, feature-less, unstable, and
+nn and a lot more readers
, so just try what you like. The only reader
+you shouldn't use is Netscape;
it is big, feature-less, unstable, and
it creates sometimes broken postings. However, it is your personal
decision.
Anyway, knews is no bad idea for your first experiences as it is very
user-friendly and easy to understand.
-
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