On 11/10/05, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: .. > I would have thought it means doing this: > > $ slrn -f /home/thufir/.jnewsrc --create > > Paul. .. Ah, thanks. Feel a bit silly on that one. [thufir@localhost ~]$ slrn slrn 0.9.8.1 [2004-10-07] Reading startup file /etc/slrn.rc. You should set the NNTPSERVER environment variable to your server name. Example (csh): setenv NNTPSERVER my.news.server Example (sh) : NNTPSERVER='my.news.server' && export NNTPSERVER For now, I'm going to try "localhost" as the default... Using newsrc file /home/thufir/.jnewsrc for server localhost. Connecting to host localhost ...Unable to make connection. Giving up. slrn fatal error: Failed to initialize server. [thufir@localhost ~]$ NNTPSERV='news.made.up' && export NNTPSERVER [thufir@localhost ~]$ slrn slrn 0.9.8.1 [2004-10-07] Reading startup file /etc/slrn.rc. Using newsrc file /home/thufir/.jnewsrc for server shawnews.vc.shawcable.net. Connecting to host shawnews.vc.shawcable.net ... Connected to host. Posting ok. Checking for new groups ... Checking news ... [thufir@localhost ~]$ date Thu Nov 10 15:35:49 EST 2005 [thufir@localhost ~]$ How can I make the NNTPSERVER setting "stick", please? Once I set the server all is fine, but I want that save that setting between slrn sessions. It's an environment variable. -Thufir
