Trying to get gnus working

[Kurt Wall]

In a 1.2K blaze of typing glory, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> I'm looking for a better email/news client than Thunderbird so I thought 
> I'd give gnus a try as it does have some features I like. However, it 
> sure isnt' working.  I run Xemacs and then start gnus.  This gives me a 
> "nntp (news.linux-sxs.org) open error: '' Continue (y or n)" error. 
> Yes, I've checked all the FAQs, tutorials, asked Jeeves and they all say 
> "Just set up ~/.gnus file this way".  Wronnnngg!  I have it setup but it 
> does not work.  The file (below) is setup exactly as the gnus tutorial 
> and other docs state but gnus doesn't work.  Any ideas on where to look 
> and how to fix it would be appreciated.
> 
> Here's the ~/.gnus file - one line wrapped in this post but is a full 
> line in the file.
> 
> (setq user-mail-address "brettholcomb at charter.net")
> (setq user-full-name "Brett I. Holcomb")
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.microsoft.com"))
> 
> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.linux-sxs.org"))
> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.charter.net"))

What happens if you use 

(setq gnus-select-method '(nnpt "news.linux-sxs.org"))


Kurt
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