From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 2 7:59: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cgmd76206.chello.nl (d9168.upc-d.chello.nl [213.46.9.168]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D2A137B71F for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 07:59:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from edwin@cgmd76206.chello.nl) Received: by cgmd76206.chello.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 65EA51C5; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:59:00 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:59:00 +0200 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Kyle Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usenet for freebsd Message-ID: <20010402165900.T490@cgmd76206.chello.nl> References: <20010402143533.7EFDF36EF@sitemail.everyone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010402143533.7EFDF36EF@sitemail.everyone.net>; from freebsd@sysmach.com on Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 07:35:33AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://FatalDimensions.nl.eu.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message