NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/sys/atari/st/12636

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From: [e-mail] (John Henders)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
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Organization:  One of these days for sure
Subject: Re: how to install nn?
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X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 16:31:08 -0700
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In <[e-mail]>, John Henders writes:
>In <[e-mail]>, Alf Hoheisel writes:
>>
>>No, the nn has been ported with TC. I didn't know who ported it but the one
>>was using the mupfel. That's the reason why there is a file
>>$HOME/nn/param.mup (the extension mup is for shellscripts under the mupfel).
>
>    Could you give us (me) a little explanation of how you installed
>nn? I've got it part way there, but it start's with all groups
>unsubscribed. I've had to resubscribe to all the groups, and
>still have to run nn -g to get in, then tell it what group to
>start reading. Is this normal.

    Due to the time lag of getting replies, I'm following up my own message,
to update what I've figured out about installing nn on hermes, hopefully
it will help others with problems.

    First problem I found a solution to had to do with the USR variable.
Hermes was quite happy with g:. as I used the drive itself as a usr
directory. Also, I had moved NEWS to another drive, as 16meg wasn't enough
to run a news system when I went out of town for any length of time.

    Second, you have to change the ACTIVE variable as nn trashes hermes'
active file when buildact runs. Fortunately, nn uses the usr/lib path
to find active, while hermes uses the ACTIVE variable, so defining
that to something like active.hrm allows rnews to read a file it can
understand, and nn can do what it likes with lib/news/active.

    Third, after every poll of your're feed, you must run buildact after
rmail, then nnadmin -EYW to update nn's database.

    Fourth, If you call nn and get " no news is good news", try nn -g.
Start with alt. when it prompts for a group name. Enter the first group,
and chck the top status line. If it says UNSUB, hit 'U' to resubscribe.
You will have to do this with every group you read. You can advane though
unsubscribed groups with 'A', and subscribe to each one. Also, if you've
been using hermes, and don't have all the CURRENT.USR variables set, you
should use herme's login program to log into nn, as this will set the
currentuser variable so nn knows who you are.

    These hints should get you to where you can read news with nn, but
here's where I need help. I can't figure out how to set aux.ttp to allow
me to post. The readme mentions aux.mup/doaux.ttp. but the release has
only aux.tt, and no clue as to what should be in the .mup file. In my init
file, I've set the mailer to mmail, martin's mailer from hermes. I set
inews to mrecmail, but in hermes. mmail handlers boith news and mail
posting. If I try to followup or reply, nn returns, announcing that
nothing was done.

    Can someone using nn explain how to set up aux and init to post
or mail using hermes?  Also, does nn handle mail reading, or is that only
possible with elm or mail? Thirdly, is there anywhere to put mailing
addresses for moderated groups, and anyway to tell nn which groups are
moderated?


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