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This (below) isn't the world's greatest sh script or anything but it's something I just whipped together for reading these ng's via trn at visi.com... There are two main things the script has to do: 1) Maintain multiple copies of .newsrc 2) Set (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Unix shell script for accessing multiple NNTP servers
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(...) Use slrn, which has support for multiple newservers. (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Unix shell script for accessing multiple NNTP servers
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Todd Lehman (lehman@javanet.com) wrote: I have a script like the one you included, but for some reason I can't remember, I decided to use different machines to read news from different NNTP hosts. I would at least keep both/all the site specific (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Matthew Miller (mattdm@mattdm.org) wrote: | Use slrn, which has support for multiple newservers. How does it work compared to "nn" (or "tin")? Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: Jacob.Sparre.Andersen@risoe.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- LEGO: (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) *Much* prettier, more configurable, and also much prettier. :) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Matthew Miller (mattdm@mattdm.org) wrote: | *Much* prettier, more configurable, and also much prettier. :) I just tried it. - The learning curve appears to be *much* too steep for me (but I might switch anyway). Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) if you want, i can send you my .slrnrc file, which has things set up the way I like them... (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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If one runs their own hobbyist Unix machine they might want to check out nntpcache ((URL) Its a proxy/cache system which also works very well for merging multiple NNTP servers into one NNTP server. If there are multiple people reading from one (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'd appreciate that. I'm having problems testing out slrn at all, and I'm running into problems when I try to compile and install the latest version of tin. The older version that came with redhat 5.1 just isn't doing what I need it to do. -- (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | .slrnrc (was Re: Unix shell script for accessing multiple NNTP servers)
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(...) Ok. First, I set up aliases, like this: alias sl='slrn -n -C' alias lugnet='slrn -C -h lugnet.com' (In ~/.bashrc) There's some specific-to-me stuff early in the file, but most of it can be used as it is. Also, I've made a sorta weird (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: .slrnrc (was Re: Unix shell script for accessing multiple NNTP servers)
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(...) Sorry to be treating you like slrn tech support, but you did volunteer, so I thought I would ask what you think about this situation. First, I edited the .slrnrc file and put my info in, including lugnet.com and newsguy for my authentication (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: .slrnrc (was Re: Unix shell script for accessing multiple NNTP servers)
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(...) :) no problem. (...) [snip] (...) Try starting slrn with the -n parameter, which tells it not to check for new groups on startup. That should help.... (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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