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Date:      Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:59:00 +0200
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Kyle <freebsd@sysmach.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: usenet for freebsd
Message-ID:  <20010402165900.T490@cgmd76206.chello.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20010402143533.7EFDF36EF@sitemail.everyone.net>; from freebsd@sysmach.com on Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 07:35:33AM -0700
References:  <20010402143533.7EFDF36EF@sitemail.everyone.net>

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On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 07:35:33AM -0700, Kyle wrote:
> I've been trying to configure PINE to read articles on usenet.
> 
> comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
> 
> comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
> 
> I got the above addresses from www.freebsd.org but PINE keeps
> telling me that IT DOES NOT EXIST. I have no clue why it keeps
> telling me that. I have not used USENET before, so maybe I did
> something wrong. Please advice. Also, please tell me some good
> usenet groups that will help readers in freebsd-problems, if any.
> thanks.

Isn't PINE a mail-reader, while you need a news-reader for usenet?
See /usr/ports/news/tin for a basic news-reader.

Edwin

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